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“So many new ideas are at first strange and horrible though ultimately valuable that a very heavy responsibility rests upon those who would prevent their dissemination.”

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John B. S. Haldane

John B. S. Haldane was an outstanding biologist known for his contributions to genetics, evolutionary theory, and biochemistry. His research had a profound impact on the development of modern biology. more

“If church prelates, past or present, had even an inkling of physiology they'd realize that what they term this inner ugliness creates and nourishes the hearing ear, the seeing eye, the active mind, and energetic body of man and woman, in the same way that dirt and dung at the roots give the plant its delicate leaves and the full-blown rose.”

Ifs Men Way Giving Mind Body Eye Past Term Realizing Church Seeing Men And Women Roots Ears Rose Plant Hearing Active Delicate Dirt Ugliness Energetic Physiology Active Minds

Book:Inishfallen, fare thee well

Source: Inishfallen, fare thee well

“Mass ought to be in Latin, unless you could do it in Greek or Chinese. In fact, any abracadabra that no bloody member of the public or half-educated ape of a clargimint could think he understood.”

Thinking Facts Church Half Ought Members Mass Understood Educated Chinese Greek Latin Bloody Apes Abracadabra

Book:The Selected Letters of Ezra Pound, 1907-1941

Source: The Selected Letters of Ezra Pound, 1907-1941

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