Let us see how high we can fly before the sun melts the wax in our win…

E. O. Wilson
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Let us see how high we can fly before the sun melts the wax in our wings. ✨ Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge. Book by E. O. Wilson (Chapter One: The Ionian Enchantment), www.nytimes.com. 1998.
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