Quotation by Peter B. Medawar

Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in.... Fear and resentment of what is new is really a lament for the memories of our childhood.
Peter B. Medawar (1915–1987), British immunologist. "On 'The Effecting of All Things Possible'," Pluto's Republic (1982).
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