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  1. Douglas Preston _ Jennie

    Most "science reporters" for newspapers and magazines did not have the scientific background to understand the ramifications of the story. Those involved with the story of Jennie's life were anxious to correct the record.
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  2. Douglas Preston _ Jennie

    Mary and Joseph," he said, "turned a very embarrassing situation into one of the greatest coups in history. Clever, clever, clever!
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  3. Douglas Preston _ Jennie

    our brains did not evolve to help us comprehend the true meaning of things, only to understand their mechanical workings. Knowing the true meaning of reality does not contribute to one's ability to survive, and thus this kind of understanding was not addressed by evolution.
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  4. Douglas Preston _ Jennie

    If this sounds like strange talk from a scientist-so be it. If there is one thing I have learned from a lifetime study of science, it is that the world is not a place we human beings will ever comprehend. Understand, yes; comprehend, no.
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  5. Douglas Preston _ Jennie

    The poison in the arrow that had struck her was, in chemical structure, like curare; it paralyzed first, killed second. It is not a merciful death: one dies fully conscious and aware of one's surroundings."
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  6. Douglas Preston _ Jennie

    It encourages us to develop evolution's greatest gift to us: our intellects. It instructs us to appreciate this life as fully as possible, because we will never have another. This, then, is my religion.
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  7. Douglas Preston _ Jennie

    All living things must pay dearly for the miracle of their existence. We human beings must pay the highest price of all, because evolution has given us a brain capable of understanding death. And death lies across all our lives like some hideous, vulgar joke.
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  8. Douglas Preston _ Jennie

    Evolution extracts a price. What is the price? Sickness, old age, and death; tragedy, hunger, sorrow, pain, and suffering-all these must exist in order for evolution to operate. Without death there can be no evolution.
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  9. Douglas Preston _ Jennie

    So, after half a million, what did the chimps say?" Well, not much, when you really analyze it. That wasn't the point, for God's sake! And the scientists who supported us were afraid to object. They didn't want to attract Proxmire's attention. Cowards, every one.
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  10. Douglas Preston _ Jennie

    There can be no doubt: life is a miraculous thing, and even more miraculous is human intelligence. Our world, this earth, is a surpassingly beautiful place, perfectly suited to our needs. It is as if the world were created for us, so perfect is it. But this is an illusion; in fact, we were created for the world. The world is just right for us because we've been adapting to it for millions of years.
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  11. Douglas Preston _ Jennie

    Your grandmother sent me to church every day, and it did me no harm. It was in church that I was converted to atheism. Also, it's a wise hedge. I myself might take it up on my deathbed, just in case.
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  12. Douglas Preston _ Jennie

    He said he had been converted to atheism at the age of six, when his Sunday school teacher had described with relish the eternal fires of Hell.
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