Deism Quote by George Wald

““Mind, rather than emerging as a late outgrowth in the evolution of life, has existed always as the matrix, the source and condition of physical reality.””

George Wald

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Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind.

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I have lived much of my life among molecules. They are good company.

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Evolution advances, not by a priori design, but by the selection of what works best out of whatever choices offer. We are the products…

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Every creature alive on the earth today represents an unbroken line of life that stretches back to the first primitive organism to appear on…

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I think if a physician wrote on a death certificate that old age was the cause of death, he'd be thrown out of the…

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I am growing old, and my future, so to speak, is already behind me.

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A scientist should be the happiest of men.

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I think all of you know there is no adequate defense against massive nuclear attack.

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There's life all over this universe, but the only life in the solar system is on earth, and in the whole universe we are…

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