James Dwight Dana (1813–1895) was an American geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist, and zoologist. He made pioneering studies of mountain-building, volcanic activity, and the origin and structure of continents and oceans around the world.
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“To be ‘conscious’ means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have awareness of one’s being added to that being.”
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