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E. O. Wilson Quotes

E. O. Wilson quotes about nature

American Scientist June 10, 1929

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E. O. Wilson quote: "I doubt that most people with short-term thinking love the..."
I doubt that most people with short-term thinking love the natural world enough to save it. E. O. Wilson
Humanity is part of nature, a species that evolved among other species. The more closely we identify ourselves with the rest of life, the more quickly we will be able to discover the sources of human sensibility and acquire the knowledge on which an enduring ethic, a sense of preferred direction, can be built. E. O. Wilson
E. O. Wilson quote: "Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive..."
Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction. E. O. Wilson
I had in mind a message, although I hope it doesn't intrude too badly, persuading Americans, and especially Southerners, of the critical importance of land and our vanishing natural environment and wildlife. E. O. Wilson
The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats. This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us. E. O. Wilson
Of course, there is no reconciliation between the theory of evolution by natural selection and the traditional religious view of the origin of the human mind. E. O. Wilson
E. O. Wilson quote: "Human nature is deeper and broader than the artificial..."
Human nature is deeper and broader than the artificial contrivance of any existing culture. E. O. Wilson

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