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When a writer admits that he has an affection for something which he has written, it is high time to pray for his soul.

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
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Dornford Yates

Dornford Yates
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Born: August 7, 1885
Died: March 5, 1960 (aged 74)
Bio: Dornford Yates was the pseudonym of the English novelist, Cecil William Mercer, whose novels and short stories, some humorous, some thrillers, were best-sellers in the 21-year interwar period between the First and Second world wars.
Known for:
  1. The Brother of Daphne (1914)
  2. Adele and Co (1931)
  3. Berry and Co (1920)
  4. Jonah and Co (1922)
  5. The House That Berry Built (1945)

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