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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.
Jane Addams
Born: September 6, 1860
Died: May 21, 1935 (aged 74)
Bio: Jane Addams was a pioneer American settlement activist/reformer, social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace. She created the first Hull House.
Known for:
- Democracy and social ethics (1902)
- Newer ideals of peace (1906)
- The spirit of youth and the city streets (1909)
- Peace and bread in time of war (1917)
- A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil (1912)
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