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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] Thomas Jefferson -- probably the smartest US president, a true polymath and renaissance man. Tried to get slavery written off way earlier than most of his countrymen, and in a reasonable way that wouldn't create an underclass. Thomas Paine -- "Common Sense" and other writings that formed much of the basis for the American Republic. Winston Churchill - pulled together a collapsing country and military, rallied the people, and held off the German onslaught for far longer than could have been supposed, other things being equal. Carl Sagan -- Made science and astronomy accessible to an entire generation. Mark Twain -- Author, humorist, satirist. Just brilliant. Isaac Asimov -- Authored over 500 books, on virtually every subject imaginable. Made an effort to make technical physics and all his other subjects legible to the layman. Melville Dewey -- Invented Dewey Decimal System for cataloging books. Without him, I couldn't do my job. Galileo Galilei -- made the first great step in demolishing the Heliocentric universe. Significant advancement in astronomy, physics. Charles Darwin -- made the first great step in demolishing Special Creation nonsense. Significant advancement towards real understanding of genetics and biology. That's a start. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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