It hurts the spirit, somehow, to read the word environments, when the …

Lewis Thomas
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It hurts the spirit, somehow, to read the word environments, when the plural means that there are so many alternatives there to be sorted through, as in a market, and voted on. ✨ Lewis Thomas (1990). A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays
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