To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
Heredity is an omnibus in which all our ancestors ride and every now and then one of them puts his head out and embarrasses us.
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Heredity is an omnibus in which all our ancestors ride and every now and then one of them puts his head out and embarrasses us.
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