“An egg is a chemical process, but it is not a mere chemical process. It is one that is going places—even when,… — John Randall Copy Share Image
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The Mathematics are Friends to Religion, inasmuch as they charm the Passions, restrain the Impetuosity of the Imagination, and purge the Mind… — John Arbuthnot Copy Share Image
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Evolutionary plasticity can be purchased only at the ruthlessly dear price of continuously sacrificing some individuals to death from unfavourable mutations. Bemoaning… — Theodosius Dobzhansky Copy Share Image
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Pure earth does not petrify, because the predominance of dryness over [i.e. in] the earth endows it not with coherence but rather… — Avicenna Copy Share Image
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