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# Paul Sears

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Paul Bigelow Sears was an American ecologist and writer.

##  Quotes by Paul Sears

> [It is the great destiny of human science, not to ease man's labors or prolong his life, noble as those ends may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-sears/it-is-the-great-destiny-of-human-science-not-to-ease-man-s-labors-or/)

Paul Sears

[Destiny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/destiny/)

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> [The rise of the ecologist almost exactly parallels the decline of the naturalist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-sears/the-rise-of-the-ecologist-almost-exactly-parallels-the-decline-of-the/)

Paul Sears

[Decline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decline/)

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> [How far must suffering and misery go before we see that even in the day of vast cities and powerful machines, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-sears/how-far-must-suffering-and-misery-go-before-we-see-that-even-in-the/)

Paul Sears

[Cities](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cities/)

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