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"As a system of philosophy it is not like the Tower of Babel, so daring its high aim as to seek a shelter against God's anger; but it is like a pyramid poised on its apex"
- Adam Sedgwick
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Adam Sedgwick
between March 22, 1785 and January 27, 1873. He/she was a famous
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