"In the last five or six thousand years,……" — John Boyd Orr

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• Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is… — Ludwig von Mises
• I had no idea, however, that in Pennsylvania, the cradle of toleration and freedom of religion, it [fanaticism] could have… — Thomas Jefferson
• Everything that is of authentic value in life has arisen out of meditation. There is no other way. Meditation is… — Rajneesh
• Your remarks upon chemical notation with the variety of systems which have arisen, &c., &c., had almost stirred me up… — Michael Faraday
• The world has arisen in some way or another. How it originated is the great question, and Darwin's theory, like… — Louis Agassiz
• All scientists agree that evolution has occurred-that all life comes from a common ancestry, that there has been extinction, and… — Lynn Margulis
• We could use up two Eternities in learning all that is to be learned about our own world and the… — Mark Twain
• There is the theory that all the living forms in the world have arisen from a single source which itself… — Unknown Author

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