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Coincidence?

2016-12-02 · 4,174 views · license: CC BY-NC 2.0

Coincidence? — pen and ink drawing by Daniel Ari Friedman. "The mountains too, at a distance, appear airy masses and smooth, but seen near at hand they are rough." — Diogenes Laër
Coincidence? — pen and ink drawing

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"The mountains too, at a distance, appear airy masses and smooth, but seen near at hand they are rough." — Diogenes Laërtius

"Every species has come into existence coincident both in time and space with a pre-existing closely allied species." — Alfred Russel Wallace, 1855.

"The fact that astronomies change while the stars abide is a true analogy of every realm of human life and thought, religion not least of all." — Harry Emerson Fosdick

"One will see a layer of smooth stones, popularly called fluitati [diluvium], and over these another layer of smaller pebbles, thirdly sand, and finally earth, and you will see this repeatedly … up to the summit of the Mountain. This clearly shows that the…

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