I do not agree with this century's fashion of running down the human s…

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I do not agree with this century's fashion of running down the human species as a failed try, a doomed sport. At our worst, we may be going through the early stages of adolescence, and everyone remembers what that is like. ✨ Lewis Thomas (1996). Fragile Species, p.25, Simon and Schuster
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If you want to use a cliche you must take full responsibility for it yourself and not try to fob it off on anon., or on society. ✨ Lewis Thomas (1990). A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays
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I do not agree with this century's fashion of running down the human species as a failed try, a doomed sport. At our worst, we may be going through the early stages of adolescence, and everyone remembers what that is like. ✨ Lewis Thomas (1996). Fragile Species, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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