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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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Today's Uncle Tom doesn't wear a handkerchief on his head. This modern, twentieth-century Uncle Thomas now often wears a top hat. He's…
— Malcolm X
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The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as…
— Primo Levi
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Miles got a mystique about him-plus he's at the top of his profession. And he's got way, way, way more money.
— Dizzy Gillespie
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I read once that the true mark of a pro — at anything — is that he understands, loves, and is good…
— Paul Halmos
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A man with his heart in his profession imagines and finds resources where the worthless and lazy despair.
— Frederick The Great
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No citizen has any right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training; it is part of his profession as…
— John Douillard
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Better a man honor his profession than be honored by it.
— Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin
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Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic; it is merely a form of emotional masturbation.…
— Aldous Huxley
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When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a Christian; and…
— Joseph Lancaster
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We have many responsibilities, and one cannot expect the full blessings of a kind Providence if he neglects any major duty. A…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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One of the big draws of the show is here's a guy who is ordinary in a lot of ways but, due…
— Kiefer Sutherland
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Optimistic lies have such immense therapeutic value that a doctor who cannot tell them convincingly has mistaken his profession.
— George Bernard Shaw
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