Stephen Jay Gould Quote

I could not bear merely to write the shibboleths of the movement - or, even worse, to emote for show, catharsis, or accountability, but with nothing different to add to the hyperabundance of current expostulations.


Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History, A Reflective Prologue (p. 13), W.W. Norton & Co. 1993


I could not bear merely to write the shibboleths of the movement - or, even worse, to emote for show, catharsis, or accountability, but with nothing...

I could not bear merely to write the shibboleths of the movement - or, even worse, to emote for show, catharsis, or accountability, but with nothing...

I could not bear merely to write the shibboleths of the movement - or, even worse, to emote for show, catharsis, or accountability, but with nothing...

I could not bear merely to write the shibboleths of the movement - or, even worse, to emote for show, catharsis, or accountability, but with nothing...