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Edward O. Wilson

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Blind faith, no matter how passionately expressed, will not suffice. Science for its part will test relentlessly every assumption about the human condition.

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Edward O. Wilson

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A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or to take stock of ourselves and search for a new environmental ethic.

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William J. Wills

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You will no doubt expect a long letter after so much delay, but I am afraid you will be disappointed, as long letters are not my forte.

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William J. Wills

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You should carefully study the Art of Reasoning, as it is what most people are very deficient in, and I know few things more disagreeable than to argue, or even converse with a man who has no idea of inductive and deductive philosophy.

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William J. Wills

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What you say about this world I do not quite agree with; I think it a very good world, and only requires a person to be reasonable in his expectations, and not to trust too much to others.

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William J. Wills

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We take the hut-keeping and shepherding in turns.

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William J. Wills

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We shall be travelling through the country in the most favourable and pleasant season, when there is plenty of water, and everything fresh and green.

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William J. Wills

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We have this morning dropped anchor, just off Williamstown.

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William J. Wills

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We have been unable to leave the creek.

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William J. Wills

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We are trying to live the best way we can, like the Blacks, but find it hard work.

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