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The child is not a prisoner of its inheritance it holds its inheritance as a new creation which its future actions will unfold.

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Jacob Bronowski
Age: 66 †
Born: 1908
Born: January 18
Died: 1974
Died: August 22
Biologist
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Humanist
Mathematician
Philosopher
Poet
Television Presenter
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The symbol and the metaphor are as necessary to science as to poetry.
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