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Clyde Tombaugh

I think there's a supreme power behind the whole thing, an intelligence. Look at all of the instincts of nature, both animals and plants, the very ingenious ways they survive. If you cut yourself, you don't have to think about it.

Clyde Tombaugh

Nature

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Clyde Tombaugh is suggesting that the complex and automatic behaviors found in nature, like survival instincts and the body's ability to heal without conscious effort, point to a higher intelligence guiding these processes. He believes this unseen power is responsible for the intricate and efficient ways living things function.

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