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Every new source from which man has increased his power on earth has been used to diminish the prospects of his successors.

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Cell genetics led us to investigate cell mechanics. Cell mechanics now compels us to infer the structures underlying it. In seeking the mechanism of heredity and variation we are thus discovering the molecular basis of growth and reproduction. The theory of the cell revealed the unity of living processes; the study of the cell is beginning to reveal their physical foundations.

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Ministry of Disturbance, a regulated source of annoyance; a destroyer of routine; an underminer of complacency.

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A large proportion of mankind, like pigeons and partridges, on reaching maturity, having passed through a period of playfulness or promiscuity, establish what they hope and expect will be a permanent and fertile mating relationship. This we call marriage.

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C. D. Darlington

C. D. Darlington

Born: December 19, 1903

Died: March 26, 1981 (aged 77)

Bio: Cyril Dean Darlington was an English biologist, geneticist and eugenicist, who discovered the mechanics of chromosomal crossover, its role in inheritance, and therefore its importance to evolution.

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