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From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois)
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Subject: Re: Out-of-Context-Quote of the Month
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Date: Sat, 30-Mar-85 15:17:42 EST
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>>   "First and most important is the fact that mankind _is_ a kind..."
>> 
>>     George Gaylord Simpson, "The Biological Nature of Man".
>>     Science, 152, 22 April 1966, page 474.
>> 
>> Thought you'd enjoy this...No flames!!
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>> Paul DuBois	{allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois        --+--

> [Ethan Vishniac]
> Hmmm.....  I guess we're bound to.  Creationists can gloat over another
> example of evolutionist duplicity.  The rest of us will simply note that
> no detailed response is necessary. Your title is rebuttal enough.

For crying out loud, Ethan.  Wasn't it obviously ("awbviously"?) a
non-serious posting?  I didn't accuse Simpson of duplicity, nor did
I intend to.  And you're right, no response was necessary, and the title
was intended to indicate that it WASN'T an attempt to discredit
Simpson.  Jeepers.

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