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By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.

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Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.
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The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats.
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When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
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Companies that are willing to share, to withhold in order to further the growth of the company.
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Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure.
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In some ways, I had a traditional ‘old South’ upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an
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Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.
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The essence of humanity’s spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma, to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views?
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Accept Another Dilemma Discover Essence Evolve Genitival Humanity One Spiritual Truth
Because the living environment is what really sustains us.
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Environment Living Really Sustain Us
Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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Jehovah had nothing to say to Moses and the others about the care of the planet. He had plenty to say about tribal loyalty and conquest.
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In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems.
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way.
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Willing to try to get a better atmosphere through a demonstration of democratic principles, fairness and cooperation, a better product, those will win in the end.
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Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.
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