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“Character is the sum of one's good habits (virtues) and bad habits (vices). These habits mark us and affect the ways in which we respond to life's events and challenges. Our character is our profile of habits and dispositions to act in certain ways.”

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Thomas Lickona

Thomas Lickona, born in 1943, is a renowned author whose works primarily focus on moral education, character development, and adolescent development. more

“A living organism must be studied from two distinct aspects. One of these is the causal-analytic aspect which is so fruitfully applicable to ontogeny. The other is the historical descriptive aspect which is unravelling lines of phylogeny with ever-increasing precision. Each of these aspects may make suggestions concerning the possible significance of events seen under the other, but does not explain or translate them into simpler terms.”

May Doe Two Science Term Lines Events Evolution Aspect Historical Significance Translate Organisms Suggestions Precision Analytics Living Organisms

Author:Gavin de Beer

“The Doctrine of Evolution states the fact that the present is the child of the past and the parent of the future.”

Children States Facts Past Science Parent Evolution Future Doctrine

Book:The Outline of Science, First Volume

Source: The Outline of Science, First Volume

“Science is the refusal to believe on the basis of hope.”

Believe Science Belief Evolution Bases Skepticism Refusal

Author:Carrie Snow

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