It is from the progeny of this parent cell that we all take our looks; we still share genes around, and the resemblance of the enzymes of grasses to those of whales is in fact a family resemblance.
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Mistakes are at the very base of human thought, embedded there, feeding the structure like root nodules. If we were not provided with theknack for being wrong, we could never get anything useful done. We think our way along by choosing between right and wrongalternatives, and the wrong choices have to be made as often as the right ones. We get along in life this way.
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Worrying is the most natural and spontaneous of all human functions. It is time to acknowledge this, perhaps even to learn to do it better.
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We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language.... We have affection. We have genes for usefulness, andusefulness is about as close to a 'common goal' of nature as I can guess at. And finally, and perhaps best of all, we have music.
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Statistically, the probability of any of us being here is so small that you'd think the mere fact of existing would keep us all in contented dazzlement of surprise.
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