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Only within the 20th Century has biological thought been focused on ecology, or the relation of the living creature to its environment. Awareness of e...more

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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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If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the ...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 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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Those who dwell , as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. Whatever the vexations and ...more

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A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full or wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that t...more

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It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know the sense of wonder and humil...more