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. . . every tree near our house had a name of its own and a special identity. This was the beginning of my love… — Ellen Glasgow
After having produced aquatic animals of all ranks and having caused extensive variations in them by the different environments provided by the waters, nature led… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts. . . The… — Aldo Leopold
Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I am committed to cultivating compassion and learning ways to protect the lives of people,… — Nhat Hanh
Man is a social animal. — Seneca the Younger
Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions. Monkeys redden from passion but it would take an overwhelming amount of evidence to… — Charles Darwin
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. — Alexander Hamilton
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. This is a truth well understood by our… — Alexander Hamilton
Man is not the most majestic of the creatures; long before the mammals even, the dinosaurs were far more splendid. But he has what no… — Jacob Bronowski
When I was twelve, I went hunting with my father and we shot a bird. He was laying there and something struck me. Why do… — Marv Levy
Murderers very often start out by killing and torturing animals as kids. — Robert Ressler
The awful wrongs and sufferings forced upon the innocent, helpless, faithful animal race form the blackest chapter in the whole world's history. — Unknown Author
An irrefutable proof that such single-celled primaeval animals really existed as the direct ancestors of Man, is furnished according to the fundamental law of biogeny… — Ernst Haeckel
During cycles long anterior to the creation of the human race, and while the surface of the globe was passing from one condition to another,… — Roderick Murchison
In every animal which has not passed the limit of its development, a more frequent and continuous use of any organ gradually strengthens, develops and… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Man has risen, not fallen. He can choose to develop his capacities as the highest animal and to try to rise still farther, or he… — George Gaylord Simpson
Man is a megalomaniac among animals-if he sees mountains he will try to imitate them by pyramids, and if he sees some grand process like… — Jacques Loeb
The chemical differences among various species and genera of animals and plants are certainly as significant for the history of their origins as the differences… — Ray Lankester
The distinguishing of the strata, or layers, in the embryonic membrane was a turning-point in the study of the history of evolution, and placed later… — Karl Ernst von Baer
The evolution of the human race will not be accomplished in the ten thousand years of tame animals, but in the million years of wild… — Charles Galton Darwin
The meaning that we are seeking in evolution is its meaning to us, to man. The ethics of evolution must be human ethics. It is… — George Gaylord Simpson
I think the moment that I'm very proud of is building a business without using animals. And, hopefully, changing people's perception of how you can… — Stella McCartney
The animal frame, though destined to fulfill so many other ends, is as a machine more perfect than the best contrived steam-engine-that is, is capable… — James Prescott Joule
God's grace always assists those who struggle, but this does not mean that a struggler is always in the position of a victor. Sometimes in… — John of Shanghai and San Francisco
Every individual who eats flesh food, whether an animal is killed expressely for him or not, is supporting the trade of slaughtering and contributing to… — Philip Kapleau

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