The story the Leavers have been enacting for the past three million years isnt a story of conquest and rule. Enacting it doesnt give them power. Enacting it gives them lives that are satisfying and meaningful to them. This is…

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The people of your culture cling with fanatical tenacity to the specialness of man. They...

The people of your culture cling with fanatical tenacity to the specialness of man. They...

Its the idea that people living close to nature tend to be noble. Its seeing...

Its the idea that people living close to nature tend to be noble. Its seeing...

Anthropology has been compared to a great region, marked out indeed as within the sphere...

Anthropology has been compared to a great region, marked out indeed as within the sphere...

Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities.

Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities.

Man is a free moral agent and can be magnanimous and deal disinterestedly, humanity is...

Man is a free moral agent and can be magnanimous and deal disinterestedly, humanity is...

The time when we could tolerate accounts presenting us the native as a distorted, childish...

The time when we could tolerate accounts presenting us the native as a distorted, childish...

Life became a science when interest shifted from the dissection of dead bodies to the...

Life became a science when interest shifted from the dissection of dead bodies to the...

The drive behind life has lost none of its power; proof that, impelled by that...

The drive behind life has lost none of its power; proof that, impelled by that...

Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and...

Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and...

Anthropology was the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and...

Anthropology was the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and...

The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.

The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.

When I think about how good my book could be, I can hardly breathe.

When I think about how good my book could be, I can hardly breathe.

If you aren't just a little bit depressed, then you aren't paying very much attention...

If you aren't just a little bit depressed, then you aren't paying very much attention...

I start to feel like I cant maintain the facade any longer, that I may...

I start to feel like I cant maintain the facade any longer, that I may...

You know it ain't easy For these thoughts here to leave me There's no words...

You know it ain't easy For these thoughts here to leave me There's no words...

Depression is the inability to construct a future

Depression is the inability to construct a future

Whomsoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry...

Whomsoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry...

Depression is nourished by a lifetime of ungrieved and unforgiven hurts

Depression is nourished by a lifetime of ungrieved and unforgiven hurts

Studies show... Intelligent girls are more depressed.

Studies show... Intelligent girls are more depressed.

We try a new drug, a new combination of drugs, and suddenly I fall into...

We try a new drug, a new combination of drugs, and suddenly I fall into...

Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder. Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels. Elves are fantastic....

Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder. Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels. Elves are fantastic....

Every present state of a simple substance is the natural consequence of its preceding state,...

Every present state of a simple substance is the natural consequence of its preceding state,...