Fit Quote by Stephen Jay Gould

“God was there when it happened. We were not there.... Therefore, we are completely limited to what God has seen fit to tell us, and this information is in His written Word.”

Stephen Jay Gould

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History employs evolution to structure biological events in time.

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... many folks take them seriously because they just 'know' that evolution can never be seen in the immediate here and now. In fact,…

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Charles Darwin viewed the fossil record more as an embarrassment than as an aid to his theory ...

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The world, unfortunately, rarely matches our hopes and consistently refuses to behave in a reasonable manner.

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The true beauty of nature is her amplitude; she exists neither for nor because of us, and possesses a staying power that all our…

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With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a…

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When scientists need to explain difficult points of theory, illustration by hypothetical example - rather than by total abstraction - works well (perhaps indispensably)…

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The truly awesome intellectuals in our history have not merely made discoveries; they have woven variegated, but firm, tapestries of comprehensive coverage. The tapestries…

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I believe that we can still have a genre of scientific books suitable for and accessible alike to professionals and interested laypeople. The concepts…

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