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...contemporaries. Even though Jefferson was a slaveholder, the sentiments in the Declaration, when added to his well-known antislavery stance and his support for the hierarchy-shattering French Revolution, made him seem a radical bent on leveling the social order. Whether he truly believed in the equality of mankind or not, they argued, it was dangerous for him to express the thought--people would get ideas. They were exactly right. People did get ideas, and continue...
...thing about science, you cannot predict where you’re going to find the next major finding that will enlighten mankind,” said Fabyan Professor of Comparative Pathology emeritus Baruj Benacerraf. “So you must support science in general...you must keep an entirely open mind about things in general and not be totally guided by the inner calling of faith and religion...
...darker and more ambitious piece of filmmaking is Casshern, which was released in April. Based on a 1970s animated series, the movie depicts an Orwellian dystopia where mankind is threatened with destruction by robots and mutants of its own creation, and humanity's only hope is the idealistic android Casshern. Though the premise is run-of-the-mill sci-fi and the actors often sound absurdly bombastic, the movie is visually breathtaking. Director Kazuaki Kiriya brings to life a sooty, machine-age hell that's all grinding gears, clanking metal and monolithic buildings swathed in Cyrillic characters. The fact that...
...work, Gabrielse was also awarded the George Ledlie Prize by the President and Fellows of Harvard College, an award given every two years to someone affiliated with the University who has made a contribution to science or “for the benefit of mankind...
Norman Borlaug, the plant pathologist described by the Atlantic Monthly as having saved more lives than anyone else in the history of mankind, came within eight seeds of failure...