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Men Quotes by Georges Cuvier
- In spite of what moralists say, the, animals are scarcely less wicked or less unhappy than we are ourselves. The arrogance of the strong, the…
- Genius and science have burst the limits of space, and few observations, explained by just reasoning, have unveiled the mechanism of the universe. Would it…
- If they [enlightened men] take any interest in examining, in the infancy of our species, the almost obliterated traces of so many nations that have…
- The works which this man [Joseph Banks] leaves behind him occupy a few pages only; their importance is not greatly superior to their extent; and…
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