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There are 193 living species of monkeys and apes. 192 of them are covered with hair. The exception is a read more
There are 193 living species of monkeys and apes. 192 of them are covered with hair. The exception is a naked ape, self-named Homo Sapiens.
A humanist is anyone who rejects the attempt to describe or account for man wholly on the basis of physics, read more
A humanist is anyone who rejects the attempt to describe or account for man wholly on the basis of physics, chemistry or animal behaviour.
Humanism, it seems, is almost impossible in America where material progress is part of the national romance whereas in Europe read more
Humanism, it seems, is almost impossible in America where material progress is part of the national romance whereas in Europe such progress is relished because it feels nice.
If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will read more
If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings
We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.
We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.
Over the brink of it
Picture it--think of it,
Dissolute man.
Lave in it--drink read more
Over the brink of it
Picture it--think of it,
Dissolute man.
Lave in it--drink of it
Then, if you can.
W'en you see a man in woe,
Walk right up and say "hullo."
Say "hullo" and "how read more
W'en you see a man in woe,
Walk right up and say "hullo."
Say "hullo" and "how d'ye do,"
"How's the world a-usin' you?"
. . . .
W'en you travel through the strange
Country t'other side the range,
Then the souls you've cheered will know
Who you be, an' say "hullo."
Give a small boy a hammer and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.
Give a small boy a hammer and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
