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"The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities..."

Monday, May 7, 2012 - 3:28pm

“The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us the less taste we shall have for the destruction of our race.”

~Rachel Carson from Lost Woods: The Discovered Writing of Rachel Carson.

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Submitted by Patrick on Mon, 2012-05-07 16:28

If the scientists cannot show us the entire "hand" of God, they may still be suprised at what we can do with his "pinkie".

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