A Man Can See By Starlight, If

Science Is The Most Exciting And Sustained Enterprise Of Discovery In The History Of Our Species. It Is The Great Adventure Of Our Time. We Live Today In An Era Of Discovery That Far Outshadows The Discoveries Of The New World Five Hundred Years Ago.

To Apply General Tools To Specific Problems Is To Fail.

Grant Knew That People Could Not Imagine Geological Time. Human Life Was Lived On Another Scale Of Time Entirely. An Apple Turned Brown In A Few Minutes. Silverware Turned Black In A Few Days. A Compost Heap Decayed In A Season. A Child Grew Up In A Decade. None Of These Everyday Human Experiences Prepared People To Be Able To Imagine The Meaning Of Eighty Million Years - The Length Of Time That Had Passed Since This Little Animal Had Died.

In Order Not To Be Misunderstood, I Want It Perfectly Clear That I Believe It Is Incumbent On Us To Conduct Our Lives In A Way That Takes Into Account All The Consequences Of Our Actions, Including The Consequences To Other People, And The Consequences To The Environment.

If You Don't Know History, Then You Don't Know Anything. You Are A Leaf That Doesn't Know It Is Part Of A Tree.