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It was both necessary and desirable for us to be so strong at sea that no Sea Power could attack us without risk, so that we might be free to protect our oversea interests, independently of the influence and the choice of other Sea Powers. ↗

— Bernhard von Bulow

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On the ordinary view of each species having been independently created, we gain no scientific explanation. ↗

— Charles Darwin

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