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Quote:Some of your countrymen were unable to distinguish between their native dislike for war and the stainless patriotism of those who suffered its scars. But there has been a rethinking and now we can say to you, and say as a nation, thank you for your courage.[Ronald Reagan]

Quote:If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible he is almost certainly right, but if he says that it is impossible he is very probably wrong. [Arthur C. Clarke]

Quote:The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals. [Sir William Osler]

Quote:I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn. [Henry David Thoreau]



Definitions of: distinguish

Definition: Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic.

Definition: To separate by definition of terms or logical division of a subject with regard to difference; as, to distinguish sounds into high and low.

Definition: To recognize or discern by marks, signs, or characteristic quality or qualities; to know and discriminate (anything) from other things with which it might be confounded; as, to distinguish the sound of a drum.

Definition: To constitute a difference; to make to differ.

Definition: To separate from others by a mark of honor; to make eminent or known; to confer distinction upon; -- with by or for.

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