"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, Interest, Plants, Rain

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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."

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"It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us."

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"Dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect... and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances."

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"I would finally renounce my delusional hypotheses and revert to thinking of myself as a human of more conventional circumstances and return to mathematical research."

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"We are all victims because of the circumstances, but I'm not sure what to say to any one who has lost a loved one. I know the feeling myself, and words just don't do much to ease the pain."

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"In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated."

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"You don't underestimate either players or audience in any circumstances."

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"It may be an extreme example brought about by abnormal circumstances - but the criteria of human rights kick in, surely, precisely when the conditions are extreme and the situation is abnormal."

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"True character arises from a deeper well than religion."

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"A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or to take stock of ourselves and search for a new environmental ethic."

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"Even as empiricism is winning the mind, transcendentalism continues to win the heart."

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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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"Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction."

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