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“The resources of the Deity cannot be so meagre, that, in order to create a human being endowed with reason, he must change a monkey into a man.” quote by Louis Agassiz — Download Open image

“The resources of the Deity cannot be so meagre, that, in order to create a human being endowed with reason, he must change a monkey into a man.”

Louis Agassiz

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Nature brings us back to absolute truth whenever we wander.

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