One Person Making A Wrong Decision Affects

For Anyone Inclined To Caricature Environmental History As 'environmental Determinism,' The Contrasting Histories Of The Dominican Republic And Haiti Provide A Useful Antidote. Yes, Environmental Problems Do Constrain Human Societies, But The Societies' Responses Also Make A Difference.

[t]he Values To Which People Cling Most Stubbornly Under Inappropriate Conditions Are Those Values That Were Previously The Source Of Their Greatest Triumphs.

When You Have Seen The Errors In Which You Live, You Will Understand The Good That We Have Done You By Coming To Your Land By Order Of His Majesty The King Of Spain. Our Lord Permitted That Your Pride Should Be Brought Low And That No Indian Should Be Able To Offend A Christian.

Biology Is The Science. Evolution Is The Concept That Makes Biology Unique.

To Science We Owe Dramatic Changes In Our Smug Self-image. Astronomy Taught Us That Our Earth Is Not The Center Of The Universe, But Merely One Of Nine Planets Circling One Of Billions Of Stars. From Biology We Learned That Humans Were Not Specially Created By God But Evolved Along With Tens Of Millions Of Other Species.