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Arthur C. Clarke, The Garden of Rama Quotes: But the characteristic that is truly special about our species...[is] our ability to model our world and understand both it and where we fit into its overall scheme....
         

But the characteristic that is truly special about our species...[is] our ability to model our world and understand both it and where we fit into its overall scheme....


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