Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony Quotes

“Animals have genes for altruism, and those genes have been selected in the evolution of many creatures because of the advantage they confer for the continuing survival of the species.”
― Lewis Thomas, Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony

“...the life of the planet began the long, slow process of modulating and regulating the physical conditions of the planet. The oxygen in today's atmosphere is almost entirely the result of photosynthetic living, which had its start with the appearance of blue-green algae among the microorganisms.”
― Lewis Thomas, Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony