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Being true Quote by E. O. Wilson

“Progress, then, is a property of the evolution of life as a whole by almost any conceivable intuitive standard… let us not pretend to deny in our philosophy what we know in our hearts to be true.” quote by E. O. Wilson — Download Open image

“Progress, then, is a property of the evolution of life as a whole by almost any conceivable intuitive standard… let us not pretend to deny in our philosophy what we know in our hearts to be true.”

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