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The spontaneous understanding of geometrical concepts and maps by this remote human community provides evidence that core geometrical knowledge is a universal constituent of the human mind.


Elizabeth Spelke

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ELIZABETH JANEWAY I have a woman's body and a child's emotions.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
ELIZABETH BOWEN Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from co...
ELIZABETH JANEWAY When people say, 'She's got everything', I've got one answer - I haven't had tomorrow.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.
ELIZABETH GASKELL Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities; and as long a...
ELIZABETH I Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.
ELIZABETH BOWEN Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown: that I have reigned with you...
ELIZABETH I I am your anointed Queen. I will never be by violence constrained to do anything. I thank God I am e...
ELIZABETH I Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters...
QUEEN ELIZABETH Those who are lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than criticize.
ELIZABETH HARRISON