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John B. S. Haldane

"There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god."

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"There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god."

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"I think, however, that so long as our present economic and national systems continue, scientific research has little to fear."
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"While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced."
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"If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of his creation it would appear that God has a special fondness for stars and beetles."
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"Would I lay down my life to save my brother? No, but I would to save two brothers or eight cousins."
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"My own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose."
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"Until politics are a branch of science we shall do well to regard political and social reforms as experiments rather than short-cuts to the millennium."
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"We do not know, in most cases, how far social failure and success are due to heredity, and how far to environment. But environment is the easier of the two to improve."
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"In fact, words are well adapted for description and the arousing of emotion, but for many kinds of precise thought other symbols are much better."
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"There can be no truce between science and religion."
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