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Close Quotes by Lewis Thomas
- The greatest achievements in the science of this [twentieth] century are themselves the sources of more puzzlement than human beings have ever experienced. Indeed, it…
- We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . . We have affection. We have genes for usefulness, and usefulness is…
- A multitude of bees can tell the time of day, calculate the geometry of the sun's position, argue about the best location for the next…
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