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It struck him that in moments of crisis one is never fighting against an external enemy but always against one’s own body.
“According to Nietzche," said a sharp new voice, making them all jump, "philosophy is the biography of the philosopher.”
― The Casual Vacancy
― The Casual Vacancy
“Moments later, when she saw the look of control returning to his face, she said, "Don't ever get angry at a man for stating the truth.”
― Atlas Shrugged
― Atlas Shrugged
“Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings
“It is not always the magnitude of the differences observed between species that must determine specific distinctions, but the constant preservation of those differences in reproduction.”
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“The great age of the earth will appear greater to man when he understands the origin of living organisms and the reasons for the gradual development and improvement of their organization. This antiquity will appear even greater when he realizes the length of time and the particular conditions which were necessary to bring all the living species into existence. This is particularly true since man is the latest result and present climax of this development, the ultimate limit of which, if it is ever reached, cannot be known.”
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