The self-same atoms which, chaotically dispersed, made the nebula, now, jammed and temporarily caught in peculiar positions, form our brains; and the… — William James Copy Share Image
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Correct is to recognize what diseases are and whence they come; which are long and which are short; which are mortal and… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
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I identify with other women because of my gender, and I identify with other women if they are mothers because I'm a… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
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![“Whatever the degree to which Darwin may have “misled science into a dead end,” the biologist Shi V. Liu observed in commenting on Koonin’s paper, “we may still appreciate the role of Darwin in helping scientists [win an] upper hand in fighting against the creationists.” quote by David Berlinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0de/david-berlinski-16009_dead-end_whatever-the-degree-to-which-darwin-may_342124.jpg)
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