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  • Caius Laelius, the intimate friend of Scipio, undertook to reform this abuse; but meeting with opposition from men of authority, and fearing a disturbance, he soon desisted, and received the name of the Wise or the Prudent, both which meanings belong to the Latin word Sapiens.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • An Irish saint, generally known as "Sapiens" (the Wise), one of the most distinguished professors at the School of Clonard in the seventh century.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

  • I put quotation marks around "Sapiens" because it is not clear that most of us have enough brains to avoid extinction when it is clearly predicted and the safe path has been pointed out.

    RealClimate Kevin McKinney 2009

  • So here is the deal: Keep being afraid of all things nuclear and die either when [not if] civilization collapses or when H2S comes out of the ocean and Homo "Sapiens" goes extinct.

    RealClimate Kevin McKinney 2009

  • The rise of sea level rates from below 1 mm/year about 1880, to about over 3.7 mm/year by 2008 (Figures 1, 2) [4-8] constitutes the definitive warning for H. "Sapiens".

    GlobalResearch.ca 2009

  • Strangely it seems the usual gender of Homo Sapiens abducted by Bigfoot is actually Male, whoever Bigfoot is He don't seem to be interested in Women, just guys ...

    My Personal Bigfoot Quest 2009

  • Strangely it seems the usual gender of Homo Sapiens abducted by Bigfoot is actually Male, whoever Bigfoot is He don't seem to be interested in Women, just guys ...

    My Personal Bigfoot Quest 2009

  • Now with a human being, there is no way that one will ever know which Homo Sapiens will slit your throat, but one in a million will.

    Living In A Police State – (Thank Goodness). « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • I'm convinced of the existence of another anthropoid, possibly related to Homo Sapiens but out there, all over the wild places of the entire northern hemisphere.

    Big Foot? 2009

  • I'm convinced of the existence of another anthropoid, possibly related to Homo Sapiens but out there, all over the wild places of the entire northern hemisphere.

    Big Foot? 2009

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