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If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present.
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Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for…
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It is clear, from these considerations, that the three methods of classifying mankind-that according to physical characters, according to language, and according…
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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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No one has ever proved that a human being, through his descent from a certain group of people, must of necessity have…
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Its [the anthropological method] power to make us understand the roots from which our civilization has sprung, that it impresses us with…
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There is no fundamental difference in the ways of thinking of primitive and civilized man. A close connection between race and personality…
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Furthermore, the study of the present surroundings is insufficient: the history of the people, the influence of the regions through which it…
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We cannot know the whole truth, which belongs to God alone, but our task nevertheless is to seek to know what is…
— Wendell Berry
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Our task, then always, is to challenge the apparent forms of reality-that is, the fixed manner and values of the few, and…
— Ralph Ellison
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Whether our task is fighting poverty, stemming the spread of disease or saving innocent lives from mass murder, we have seen that…
— Kofi Annan
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Our task of creating a socialist America can only succeed when those who would resist us have been totally disarmed.
— Sarah Brady
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Our task is tough, and our time is limited. Party organizations and governments at all levels must give priority to emission reduction…
— Hu Jintao
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We need a new apologetic, geared to the needs of today, which keeps in mind that our task is not to win…
— Pope John Paul II
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Fellow Americans, our duty is before us tonight. Let us go forward, determined to serve selflessly a vision of man with God,…
— Ronald Reagan
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Our task now is to resynthesize biology; put the organism back into its environment; connect it again to its evolutionary past; and…
— Carl Woese
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