"Order, unity, and continuity are human inventions, just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias."

Society, Inventions, Order, Unity

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"Order, unity, and continuity are human inventions, just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias."

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"Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths."

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"Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our profoundest scientific insight is made into a means of mass destruction."

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"When a man tells you he knows the exact truth about anything, you are safe in inferring he is an inexact man."

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