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The winds, the sea, and the moving tides are what they are. If there is wonder and beauty and majesty in them, science will discover these qualities.....more

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Until we have the courage to recognize cruelty for what it is... we cannot expect things to be much better in this world... We cannot have peace among...more

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I like to define biology as the history of the earth and all its life — past, present, and future. To understand biology is to understand that all lif...more

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The aim of science is to discover and illuminate truth. And that, I take it, is the aim of literature, whether biography or history... It seems to me,...more

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The question is whether any civilization can wage relentless war on life without destroying itself, and without losing the right to be called civilize...more

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The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us the less taste we shall have for the destruction of ...more

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A Who's Who of pesticides is therefore of concern to us all. If we are going to live so intimately with these chemicals eating and drinking them, taki...more

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It is a curious situation that the sea, from which life first arose should now be threatened by the activities of one form of that life. But the sea, ...more