It would seem to me... an offense against nature, for us to come on th…

Lewis Thomas
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It would seem to me... an offense against nature, for us to come on the same scene endowed as we are with the curiosity, filled to overbrimming as we are with questions, and naturally talented as we are for the asking of clear questions, and then for us to do nothing about, or worse, to try to suppress the questions. ✨ Lewis Thomas (1990). A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays
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