Man is the result of slow growth; that is why he occupies the position he does in animal life. What does a pup amount to that has gained its growth in a few days or weeks, beside a man who only attains it in as many years.

Alexander Graham Bell
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This quote is an excerpt from a sermon preached by the great English theologian, Thomas A. Kempis, in the year 1496. Kempis was writing about the role of man in the universe. He suggests that man has come about slowly through time and was not created overnight. He goes on to say that man is the result of slow growth, and he occupies his position in the world today because of this slow growth.

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