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I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.

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If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the read more

If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.

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The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.

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Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny read more

Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the power of climate and environment; and we are free, only to the extent we rise above these.

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