“This earth is one of the rare spots in the cosmos where mind has flowered.”

— Julian Huxley

The New Divinity (1964)
Context: This earth is one of the rare spots in the cosmos where mind has flowered. Man is a product of nearly three billion years of evolution, in whose person the evolutionary process has at last become conscious of itself and its possibilities. Whether he likes it or not, he is responsible for the whole further evolution of our planet.

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English biologist, philosopher, author 1887–1975

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