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Biology can be divided into the study of proximate causes, the study of the physiological sciences (broadly conceived), and into the study…
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It is curious how often erroneous theories have had a beneficial effect for particular branches of science.
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All interpretations made by a scientist are hypotheses, and all hypotheses are tentative. They must forever be tested and they must be…
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I have the honesty to say I'm an Atheist. There is nothing that supports the idea of a personal God.
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On the other hand, famous evolutionists such as Dobzhansky were firm believers in a personal God. He would work as a scientist…
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Evolution ... is opportunistic, hence unpredictable.
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A species is a reproductive community of populations reproductively isolated from others that occupies a specific niche in nature.
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There are a number of attributes of species and populations that are not of any particular selective advantage to any single individual…
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Paleontologists had long been aware of a seeming contradiction between Darwin's postulate of gradualism, confirmed by the work of population genetics, and…
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Every politician, clergyman, educator, or physician, in short, anyone dealing with human individuals, is bound to make grave mistakes if he ignores…
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According to the concept of transformational evolution, first clearly articulated by Lamarck, evolution consists of the gradual transformation of organisms from one…
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Evolution, thus, is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection. No longer is a fixed object transformed, as…
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Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human…
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The existence of any pure race with special endowments is a myth, as is the belief that there are races all of…
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"Endow scientific research and we shall know the truth, when and where it is possible to ascertain it;" but the counterblast is…
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In the beginning of his human life man was embryonic in the world of the matrix. There he received capacity and endowment…
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From time to time, ask yourself these questions: "Am I ready to meet my Maker?" "Am I worthy of all the blessings…
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Such philosophy as shall not vanish in the fume of subtile, sublime, or delectable speculation but shall be operative to the endowment…
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Men are not gentle, friendly creatures wishing for love, who simply defend themselves if they are attacked, but ... a powerful measure…
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Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.
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Why does everyone take for granted that we don't learn to grow arms, but rather, are designed to grow arms? Similarly, we…
— Noam Chomsky
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I consider the differences between man and animals in propensities, feelings, and intellectual faculties, to be the result of the same cause…
— Sir William Lawrence, 1st Baronet
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The gift of faith is a priceless spiritual endowment... Our faith is centered in God our Father, and Jesus Christ, our Savior…
— Neil L. Andersen
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Finally it may be said that the temple endowment is not secret. All who meet the requirements for entrance to the temple…
— John Andreas Widtsoe
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