Edwin Conklin quotes
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“Life is not found in atoms or molecules or genes as such, but in organization; not in symbiosis but in synthesis.”
-- Edwin ConklinSource : "Evolution by Association : A History of Symbiosis: A History of Symbiosis" by Edwin Grant Conklin, Oxford University Press, August 22, 1994.
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“Heredity is to-day the central problem of biology. This problem may be approached from many sides-that of the breeder, the experimenter, the statistician, the physiologist, the embryologist, the cytologist-but the mechanism of heredity can be studied best by the investigation of the germ cells and their development.”
-- Edwin ConklinSource : "The Mechanism of Heredity". "Science", Vol. 27, No. 691, January 17, 1908.
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“Freedom is one of the principal goals of human endeavor, but the best use man can make of his freedom is to place limitations upon it.”
-- Edwin Conklin
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“If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.”
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Source : A. J. Liebling (2014). “The Sweet Science”, p.5, Macmillan
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“Theres some kind of dark symbiosis between lunatics and the Postal Service.”
Source : "Don Novello's a man of many words, whether he's Father Guido Sarducci, scribbler Lazlo Toth, or even a political candidate" by Heidi Benson, www.sfgate.com. September 18, 2003.
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