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America: A Prophecy (In Utero We Trust)

2019-07-08 · 951 views · license: CC BY-NC 2.0

America: A Prophecy (In Utero We Trust) — pen and ink drawing by Daniel Ari Friedman. "Nothing is terrible except fear itself." – Francis Bacon, "De Augmentis Scientiarum", Book II, Fortitudo (1623). "Nothi
America: A Prophecy (In Utero We Trust) — pen and ink drawing

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"Nothing is terrible except fear itself." – Francis Bacon, "De Augmentis Scientiarum", Book II, Fortitudo (1623).

"Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced." – Albert Einstein, "The World As I See It"(1921).

"Some of my youthful readers are developing wonderful imaginations. This pleases me. Imagination has brought mankind through the Dark Ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. Imagination has given us the steam engine, the telephone, the talking-machine, and the automobile, for these things had to be dreamed of…

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