"You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give."

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"You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give."

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"The historical circumstance of interest is that the tropical rain forests have persisted over broad parts of the continents since their origins as stronghold of the flowering plants 150 million years ago."

Circumstance

"Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal."

Gain

"We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity."

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"There is no better high than discovery."

Discovery

"Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition."

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"If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable."

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"The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats. This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us."

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"Old beliefs die hard even when demonstrably false."

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"To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong."

Wrong

"Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong."

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