Top Benefit Quotes
Compare King William with the philosopher Haeckel. The king is one of the anointed by the most high, as they claim—one upon whose head has been poured the divine petroleum of authority. . Compare wit...
Robert G. Ingersoll
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benefit, bravery, chance, colossus, eliot, ernst haeckel, genius, george eliot, glory, haeckel
Benefit Definition
(n.) An act of kindness; a favor conferred.
(n.) Whatever promotes prosperity and personal happiness, or adds value to property; advantage; profit.
(n.) A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use.
(n.) Beneficence; liberality.
(n.) Natural advantages; endowments; accomplishments.
(v. t.) To be beneficial to; to do good to; to advantage; to advance in health or prosperity; to be useful to; to profit.
(v. i.) To gain advantage; to make improvement; to profit; as, he will benefit by the change.
As science is more and more subject to grave misuse as well as to use for human benefit it has also become the scientist's responsibility to become aware of the social relations and applications of hi...
Hermann Joseph Muller
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applications, benefit, danger, educate, future, influence, mankind, nobel laureate, public, responsibility