"Teleology is like a mistress to a biologist:……" — John B. S. Haldane

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• I have tried to show why I believe that the biologist is the most romantic figure on earth at the… — John B. S. Haldane
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• Most modern biologists, having reviewed with satisfaction the downfall of the spontaneous generation hypothesis, yet unwilling to accept the alternative… — George Wald
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