Stephen Jay Gould: This View of Life
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Good Fortune in Stephen J Gould's Life
Stephen J Gould on good fortune: "Luck has to play an enormous role in anyone's career look I mean it's how many billions sperm are there per ejaculation and luck starts with the fact that it was your sperm rather than the one a millimeter over" He would later conclude evolution we'll get to that in a bit but first more about the part it played in his life. As an aside Stephen J Gould continued to sing throughout his adult life this is a 1997 recording of the Boston Cecilia the historic ensemble Gould sang baritone with for many years.
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