Karl Barry Sharpless (born 28 April 1941) is an American chemist known for his work on stereoselective reactions.
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“Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came to a no less definite end in the theories of Karl Marx.”
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“But whether on the scaffold high,
Or in the battle’s van,
The fittest place where man can die
Is where he dies for man.”
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