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- It was always understood that plants and animals, though completely contrasted in their higher representatives, approached each other very closely in their lower and simpler…
- The former conviction that these two kingdoms were wholly different in structure, in function, and in kind of life, was not seriously disturbed by the…
- It was implicitly supposed that every living thing was distinctively plant or animal; that there were real and profound differences between the two, if only…
- Many years ago it was taught that plants and animals were composed of different materials: plants, of a chemical substance of three elements,- carbon, hydrogen,…
- We may take it to be the accepted idea that the Mosaic books were not handed down to us for our instruction in scientific knowledge,…
- Why is it not just as likely that there were as many small general nearly at first as now, and as great a disproportion in…
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- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom. — Kevyn Aucoin
- When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort. — Kevyn Aucoin
- When we were making the law, when we were writing the literature and the mathematics the grandfarthers of Blair and little Bush… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
- Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing at whatever; I was… — J. J. Abrams
- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East. — Karen Armstrong
- In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted… — Karen Armstrong
- I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful. — Neil Armstrong
- I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium. — Neil Armstrong
- If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the… — Arthur Ashe