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One of the strongest characteristics of genius is—the power of lighting its own fire.

John W. Foster

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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.
Werner Heisenberg

John W. Foster

John W. Foster
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Born: March 2, 1836
Died: November 15, 1917 (aged 81)
Bio: John Watson Foster was an American diplomat and military officer, as well as a lawyer and journalist. His highest public office was U.S.
Known for:
  1. Arbitration And The Hague Court
  2. A century of American diplomacy
  3. The Titanic Complex
  4. American diplomacy in the Orient
  5. Limitation of armament on the Great Lakes

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