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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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21.2.04

Mutants Make Clusters
Darwinian evolution consists of genetic diversity, providing all sorts of possible solutions to life's problems, coupled with natural selection, the destruction of all those solutions that do not work very well. Just as animals can not wish themselves longer necks to get food, a bacterium can not make itself adapt if it does not already possess the genetic solution.

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