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title: "5 Earth Fixed Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [For much of history it was possible to believe that the great diversity of life on Earth was a fixed creation, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-r-miller/for-much-of-history-it-was-possible-to-believe-that-the-great/)

[Kenneth R. Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-r-miller/)

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> [Did you ever build a castle in the Air? Here is one, brought down to earth and fixed for the wonder of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/did-you-ever-build-a-castle-in-the-air-here-is-one-brought-down-to/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de4/anonymous-1_age_did-you-ever-build-a-castle-in-the-air-h_464595.jpg)

> [The ecclesiastical system of Rome, and particularly its leaders, for a thousand years and more thought that the earth is fixed and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-franklin-rutherford/the-ecclesiastical-system-of-rome-and-particularly-its-leaders-for-a/)

[Joseph Franklin Rutherford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-franklin-rutherford/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86c/joseph-franklin-rutherford-212_earth_the-ecclesiastical-system-of-rome-and-pa_767485.png)

> [In Europe the various ranks of society are, like the strata of the earth, fixed and fossilized. There can be no great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josiah-strong/in-europe-the-various-ranks-of-society-are-like-the-strata-of-the/)

[Josiah Strong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josiah-strong/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c58/josiah-strong-24827_change_in-europe-the-various-ranks-of-society-a_1878042.png)

> [“obviously it matters little if we think of the earth as turning about on its axis, or if we view it at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-mach/obviously-it-matters-little-if-we-think-of-the-earth-as-turning-about/)

[Ernst Mach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-mach/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/350/ernst-mach-15026_nature_obviously-it-matters-little-if-we-think_3085692.jpg)

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