#universal

Since hydrogen is a constituent of most of our electrolytic solvents, the definition of an acid or base as a substance which gives up or takes up hydrogen ion would be more general than the one we used before, but it would not be universal. ↗

— Gilbert Newton Lewis

#base #before #constituent #definition #general

I have not proved that the universe is, in fact, a digital computer and that it's capable of performing universal computation, but it's plausible that it is. ↗

— Seth Lloyd

#computation #computer #digital #fact #i

How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other bodily faculties is universally known, but there is a limit to them, and their power cannot extend to every distance or to every degree. ↗

— Maimonides

#cannot #degree #distance #each #every

It is true that the aristocracies seem to have abused their monopoly of legal knowledge; and at all events their exclusive possession of the law was a formidable impediment to the success of those popular movements which began to be universal in the western world. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

#events #exclusive #formidable #impediment #knowledge

While Republican voters have remained universally supportive of their President, Democrats and Independents are returning to a more naturally critical stance. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#democrats #independents #more #naturally #president

I think love is the through line and it's universal and it doesn't matter what period of time, time or place, or people, that's something we all connect to. That's the thin thread that I think keeps it altogether. ↗

— Rachel McAdams

#connect #i #i think #keeps #line

The mathematics of rhythm are universal. They don't belong to any particular culture. ↗

— John McLaughlin

#belong #culture #mathematics #particular #rhythm

The task of a priest, in some respects, may be different today, but the principles upon which Herbert built his life as a priest are of universal application. ↗

— Arthur Middleton

#be different #built #different #herbert #his

The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#beautiful #open #ready #souls #things

We Indians are Latin America's moral reserve. We act according to a universal law that consists of three basic principles: do not steal, do not lie and do not be idle. ↗

— Evo Morales

#act #america #basic #basic principles #consists