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Through the open door A drowsy smell of flowers grey heliotrope And white sweet clover, and shy mignonette Comes fairly in, and silent chorus leads To the pervading symphony of Peace. John Greenleaf Whittier		Thursday Jan 01, 2026
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When in perplexity the beguiling simplicity of the circle is like a raft to a drowning man. Sir John C. Polkinghorne

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	Sir John C. Polkinghorne
	Polkinghorne, The Quantum World (on Ptolemy, Copernicus & Bohr), p.11 - English physicist, Cambridge professor, Anglican priest, Fellow of Royal Society, knighted 1997.

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When in perplexity the beguiling simplicity of the circle is like a raft to a drowning man.