I am sufficiently convinced already that the members of a profession know their own calling better than anyone … - Asa Gray

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On Twitter, people like me regularly get called "sore losers" by Trumpeters. It just makes me roll my eyes. This is not about winning and losing. We all lost, even them, they just don't know it yet.

Asa Gray

I am sufficiently convinced already that the members of a profession know their own calling better than anyone else can know it.

Calling, Convinced, Members, Profession

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Faith in order, which is the basis of science, cannot reasonably be separated from faith in an Ordainer, which is the basis of religion.

Bases, Faith, Ordainer, Order

Yes, it is true that there are times when you do wonder if things are worth it but usually those moments pass as soon as they have come.

Ifs, Moments, Things, Wonder, Yes

Natural selection is not the wind which propels the vessel, but the rudder which, by friction, now on this side and now on that, shapes the course.

Course, Propels, Shapes, Side, Sides, Wind

It was always understood that plants and animals, though completely contrasted in their higher representatives, approached each other very closely in their lower and simpler forms. But they were believed not to blend.

Animal, Approached, Form, Forms, Plant, Understood

Many years ago it was taught that plants and animals were composed of different materials: plants, of a chemical substance of three elements,- carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; animals of one of four elements, nitrogen being added to the other three.

Animal, Animals, Oxygen, Substance, Taught, Years

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The inclination to goodness is imprinted deeply in the nature of man; insomuch, that if it issue not towards men, it will take unto other living creatures; as it is seen in the Turks, cruel people, who, nevertheless, are kind to beasts, and give alms to dogs and birds.

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The process of the body changing and making a whole human fascinates me.

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I love to cook and really enjoy cleaning my house. People always tease me about getting a maid. My girlfriend tells me that they are only $40 and will do everything. But that is my time to unwind, put my hair in a ponytail, throw on sweats, and be myself.

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