
“The quest of the absolute leads into the four-dimensional world.”
Source: The Nature of the Physical World (1928), Ch. 2 Relativity
Quote summary in The Los Angeles Times (2011)
“The quest of the absolute leads into the four-dimensional world.”
Source: The Nature of the Physical World (1928), Ch. 2 Relativity
Quoted in "The unmaking of Adolf Hitler" - Page 377 - by Eugene Davidson - 2004
Source: 1880s, Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Grant (1885), Ch. 16.
Context: The right of revolution is an inherent one. When people are oppressed by their government, it is a natural right they enjoy to relieve themselves of the oppression, if they are strong enough, either by withdrawal from it, or by overthrowing it and substituting a government more acceptable. But any people or part of a people who resort to this remedy, stake their lives, their property, and every claim for protection given by citizenship — on the issue. Victory, or the conditions imposed by the conqueror — must be the result.
“Never march by flank in front of an army in position. This principle is absolute.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“5. A free, open-minded, and absolutely impartial adjustment of all colonial claims.”
1910s, The Fourteen Points Speech (1918)
Source: 1930s- 1950s, The Future of Industrial Man (1942), p. 122
Todd Phillips: Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies, Skinny Nervous Guy Prod, 1994. 2007 DVD re-release watched March 1, 2010.
Source: 1980s, Laws of Media: The New Science (with Eric McLuhan) (1988), p. 42