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• Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking.
  -- Alfred North Whitehead...
• Seek simplicity -- and distrust it. -- Alfred North Whitehead
• We must not expect simple answers to far-reaching questions.
  However far our gaze has penetrated, there are always heights beyond which block our vision....
• There is no choice before us. Either we must Succeed in providing the rational coordination of impulses and guts, or for centuries civilization will sink into a mere welter of minor excitements.
• There is no choice before us. Either we must Succeed in providing the rational coordination of impulses and guts, or for centuries civilization will sink into a mere welter of minor excitements.
• Modern science has imposed on humanity the necessity for wandering. -- Alfred North Whitehead
• Without adventure civilization is in full decay. -- Alfred North Whitehead