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Mary Somerville Biography
On Dec 26, 1780 Mary Fairfax was born in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland. The daughter of William George Fairfax and his second wife Margaret Charters, Mary was born in the church manse in Jedburgh, the home of her mother's sister Martha Charters and Martha's husband Thomas Somerville. William, a naval officer, was at sea at the time of her birth. Margaret, having seen her husband off in London was returning home when she stopped her trip short to give birth to Mary.

Hypatia of Alexandria
Hypatia of Alexandria was a mathematician, astronomer, and Platonic philosopher. "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all," she is credited with saying. "To teach superstitions as truth is a most terrible thing."

Thales of Miletus Quotations
Quotations attributed to Thales of Miletus.

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