Locomotion Quotes (2 quotes)
Early mammals all suckled their brood
They breathed in and out as they chewed
Their molar tooth facets
Were masticatory assets
But their locomotion was crude.
They breathed in and out as they chewed
Their molar tooth facets
Were masticatory assets
But their locomotion was crude.
In History of Life (1989, 5th ed. 2013), 211. As a chapter review question to explain the science indicated.
The most widespread expression of the discontented search of youth as well as of its native exuberance is the craving for locomotion, whether expressed in a general “being on the go,” “tearing after something,” or “running around” or in locomotion proper, as in vigorous work, absorbing sports, rapt dancing, shiftless Wanderschaft, and the employment and misuse of speedy animals and machines.
In Identity: Youth and Crisis (1968), 243.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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