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“He who is unconscious of the ties which connect him with every individual of his species feels no obligation to make sacrifices for their welfare or happiness.”

Feels Individual Sacrifice Species Obligation Welfare Ties Unconscious

Book:A Memoir of Benjamin Robbins Curtis, LL. D.: Professional and miscellaneous writings

Source: A Memoir of Benjamin Robbins Curtis, LL. D.: Professional and miscellaneous writings

“There's racism and sexism and ageism and all sorts of idiocies. But bad news is not news. We've had bad news as a species for a long time. We've had slavery and human sacrifice and the holocaust and brutalities of such measure.”

Humans Long Sacrifice News Long Time Racism Slavery Species Sexism Holocaust Brutality Bad News Idiocy Ageism

Author:Maya Angelou

“The extreme self-sacrifice characteristic of group-selected species such as ants and bees can often be found among soldiers.”

Self Found Sacrifice Groups Species Soldier Extremes Characteristics Bees Ants Self Sacrifice Selected Often Is

Author:Jonathan Haidt

“Nature can't evolve a species that hasn't the will to survive. Individuals might be bred to sacrifice themselves, but the race as a whole can never cease to exist.”

Whole Might Individual Race Sacrifice Species Cease Evolve Will To Survive

Book:The Ender Quintet

Source: The Ender Quintet

“The pre-history of our species is hag-ridden with episodes of nightmarish ignorance and calamity, for which religion used to identify, not just the wrong explanation, but the wrong culprit. Human sacrifices were made preeminently in times of epidemics, useless prayers were uttered, bogus miracles attested to, and scapegoats - such as Jews or heretics or witches - hunted down and burned.”

Source: The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever