| Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988. |
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| NUMBER: | 3210 |
| AUTHOR: | Linus C Pauling, 1954 and 1962 Nobel laureate |
| QUOTATION: | I like people. I like animals, too—whales and quail, dinosaurs and dodos. But I like human beings especially, and I am unhappy that the pool of human germ plasm, which determines the nature of the human race, is deteriorating. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | From 1959 paper on the effect of radioactive fallout on heredity, recalled on winning 1962 Nobel Peace Prize, NY Times 13 Oct 62 |
| SUBJECTS: | The World: Science |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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