Nature first, then theory. Or, better, Nature and theory closely intertwined while you throw all your intellectual capital … - E. O. Wilson

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After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open. . . that government be accessible. . . and that government be held accountable to people who voted us into office.

E. O. Wilson

Nature first, then theory. Or, better, Nature and theory closely intertwined while you throw all your intellectual capital at the subject. Love the organisms for themselves first, then strain for general explanations, and, with good fortune, discoveries will follow. If they don't, the love and the pleasure will have been enough.

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