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We are an intelligent species and the use of our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure. in this respect the brain is like a muscle. when we think well, we feel good. understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
-Carl Sagan
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We Are An Intelligent Species And The

Carl Sagan
We are an intelligent species and the use of our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure. in this respect the brain is like a muscle. when we think well, we feel good. understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
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