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I Know Not Whence I Came, Nor Whither I Go, Nor Who I Am.

Why Are Atoms So Small? ... Many Examples Have Been Devised To Bring This Fact Home To An Audience, None Of Them More Impressive Than The One Used By Lord Kelvin: Suppose That You Could Mark The Molecules In A Glass Of Water, Then Pour The Contents Of The Glass Into The Ocean And Stir The Latter Thoroughly So As To Distribute The Marked Molecules Uniformly Throughout The Seven Seas; If You Then Took A Glass Of Water Anywhere Out Of The Ocean, You Would Find In It About A Hundred Of Your Marked Molecules.

For A Solitary Animal Egoism Is A Virtue That Tends To Preserve And Improve The Species: In Any Kind Of Community It Becomes A Destructive Vice.

An Animal That Embarks On Forming States Without Greatly Restricting Egoism Will Perish.

The Scientist Only Imposes Two Things, Namely Truth And Sincerity, Imposes Them Upon Himself And Upon Other Scientists.