“They have neither the intelligence, the industry, the moral habits, nor the desire of improvement which are essential to any favorable change in their condition. Established in the midst of another and a superior race, and without appreciating the causes of their inferiority or seeking to control them, they must necessarily yield to the force …
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Quote – Fierce savages, whose occupations was war
“The tribes of Indians inhabiting this country were fierce savages, whose occupations was war, and whose subsistence was drawn chiefly from the forest… That law which regulates, and ought to regulate in general, the relations between the conqueror and conquered was incapable of application to a people under such circumstances… Discovery gave an exclusive right to extinguish …
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Philosophy – the art that you do not see
A lack of evidence is not evidence of something lacking. Regardless of how informed we think we are, the fractal nature of life prevents us from ever knowing the past and interpreting what we think happened as a law.
Quote – Where the devilfish waits
“An indisputable event, my gallant Ned. Accordingly, people have proposed naming this devil fish Bouguer's Squid. And how long was it? the Canadian asked. Didn't it measure about six metres? said Conseil, who was stationed at the window and examining anew the crevices in the cliff. Precisely, I replied Wasn't its head, Conseil went on, …
Quote – Extirpate these Savages
“If it be the design of Providence to extirpate these Savages in order to make room for cultivators of the Earth, it seems not improbable that rum may be the appointed means.” Benjamin Franklin, from his autobiography, 1750s
Quote – Capricious equilibrium
“From a caprice of nature, not from the ignorance of man. Not a mistake has been made in the working. But we cannot prevent equilibrium from producing its effects. We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.” ― Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Quote – The strange race
A long time ago my father told me what his father told him, that there was once a Lakota holy man, called Drinks Water, who dreamed what was to be; and this was long before the coming of the Wasichus. He dreamed that the four-leggeds were going back into the earth and that a strange …
Quote – Destructive kitchen
Conseil: "If that is the case, this dugong may well be the last of its race, and perhaps it would be better to spare it, in the interest of science." Ned Land: "Perhaps it will be better to hunt it, in the interest of the kitchen.” ― Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea What a …
Quote – Life is a quest
"According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.' Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves." - Plato
Literature Quote – Under the sea
I hope so. And I also hope that his powerful vessel has conquered the sea at its most terrible gulf, and that the Nautilus has survived where so many other vessels have been lost! If it be so- if Captain Nemo still inhabits the ocean, his adopted country, may hatred be appeased in that savage heart! May …
