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Joseph Priestley Quotes

We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in color and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of our society and be able to take orders from sound administrative types.
Joseph Priestley

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Scientist Quotes
Category:
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Date of Birth:
March 13, 1733
Date of Death:
February 6, 1804
Nationality:
English
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