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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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The ego is goal-oriented. The ego is hankering for the future. It can hanker even for the other life, it can hanker…
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Imagine a school-boy who has outgrown his clothes. Imagine the repairs made on the vestments where the enlarged frame had burst the…
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You can offer your vibration on purpose. That's what visualization is. That's what imagination is: projecting thought energy on purpose.
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In struggling for human dignity the oppressed people of the world must not allow themselves to become bitter or indulge in hate…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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A truth now and then projecting into the ocean of newspaper lies serves like headlands to correct our course. Indeed, my scepticism…
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When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.
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Rebellions tend to be negative, to denounce and expose the enemy without providing a positive vision of a new future...A revolution is…
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Im now projecting my career in a totally different direction. I am going to work less-way less. And I want to work…
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I think the potential for man is so enormous, if we can stay alive long enough, we're going to be seeing a…
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The video forum for me has been a source of great consternation because once you start projecting a look to a song,…
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