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Because the living environment is what really sustains us.
E. O. Wilson
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E. O. Wilson
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: June 10
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Birmingham
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The evolutionary epic is ... the best myth we will ever have.
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You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.
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In the end ... success or failure will come down to an ethical decision, one on which those now living will be judged for generations to come.
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