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Man, whose organization is regarded as the highest, departs from the vertebrate archetype; and it is because the study of anatomy is…
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Geology differs as widely from cosmogony, as speculations concerning the creation of man differ from history.
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Geology is the science which investigates the successive changes that have taken place in the organic and inorganic kingdoms of nature; it…
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Millions of our race are now supported by lands situated where deep seas once prevailed in earlier ages. In many districts not…
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Notwithstanding, therefore, that we have not witnessed of a large continent, yet, as we may predict the future occurrence of such catastrophes,…
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There is no foundation in geological facts, for the popular theory of the successive development of the animal and vegetable world, from…
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[My Book] will endeavour to establish the principle[s] of reasoning in ... [geology]; and all my geology will come in as illustration…
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Amidst the vicissitudes of the earth's surface, species cannot be immortal, but must perish, one after another, like the individuals which compose…
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When the aggregate amount of solid matter transported by rivers in a given number of centuries from a large continent, shall be…
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So far from having a materialistic tendency, the supposed introduction into the earth at successive geological periods of life,-sensation,-instinct,-the intelligence of the…
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I may conclude this chapter by quoting a saying of Professor Agassiz, that whenever a new and startling fact is brought to…
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The earth's becoming at a particular period the residence of human beings, was an era in the moral, not in the physical…
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Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the…
— Sai Baba
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By a divine paradox, wherever there is one slave there are two. So in the wonderful reciprocities of being, we can never…
— Edwin Markham
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If your goal is to avoid pain and escape suffering, I would not advise you to seek higher levels of consciousness or…
— M. Scott Peck
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Where'er a noble deed is wrought, Where'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts in glad surprise To higher levels rise.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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After a while, your coaching development ceases to be about finding newer ways to organize practice. In other words, you soon stop…
— Anson Dorrance
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The Kyoto theorists have put the cart before the horse. It is global warming that triggers higher levels of carbon dioxide in…
— Andrey Kapitsa
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Nature uses human imagination to lift her work of creation to even higher levels.
— Luigi Pirandello
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At the time, I was in L.A., just auditioning and hoping to land a part, dramatic or comedic. I started to feel…
— Nasim Pedrad
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I believe we should appeal to people at the higher levels.
— Burt Lancaster
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One reason milk consumption may lead to cancer risk is insulin-like growth factor, IGF-1 (not to be confused with bovine growth hormone,…
— Unknown Author
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A university should not be an island where academics attain higher and higher levels of knowledge without sharing any of this knowledge…
— Muhammad Yunus
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Leadership is the ability of a single individual through his or her actions to motivate others to higher levels of achievement.
— Buck Rodgers
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