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The entire hominid collection known today would barely cover a billiard table, ... the collection is so tantalizingly incomplete, and the specimens… — John Reader Copy Share Image
I have known persons without a friend--never any one without some virtue. The virtues of the former conspired with their vices to… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
It is a terrible commentary on Christian civilization that the longest period of slave-raiding known to history was initiated by the action… — H. A. L. Fisher Copy Share Image
Campbell [Scott] also directed me in a film with Hope Davis called Final. That was the first thing we did together, but… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
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Rationality tied to moral decency is the most powerful joint instrument for good that our planet has ever known. — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
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..why is it that in problematic situations almost everyone resorts to axioms and societal remedies that in actuality almost nobody believes in?...ask… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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