The growth of a naturalist is like the growth of a musician or athlete…

E. O. Wilson
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The growth of a naturalist is like the growth of a musician or athlete: excellence for the talented, lifelong enjoyment for the rest, benefit for humanity.
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Known as the biosphere to scientists and as the creation to theologians, all of life together consists of a membrane around earth so thin that it cannot be seen edgewise from a satellite yet so prodi … ▶
Jehovah had nothing to say to Moses and the others about the care of the planet. He had plenty to say about tribal loyalty and conquest.
True character arises from a deeper well than religion. ✨ E. O. Wilson (2014). Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, p.365, Vintage
People respect nonfiction but they read novels. ✨ EO Wilson: Our Greatest Biologist Writes A Novel, 'Anthill’. Interview with Steve Ross, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 5, 2010.
Biodiversity is the totality of all inherited variation in the life forms of Earth, of which we are one species. We study and save it to our great benefit. We ignore and degrade it to our great peril.

The growth of a naturalist is like the growth of a musician or athlete: excellence for the talented, lifelong enjoyment for the rest, benefit for humanity.

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