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John Burroughs, one of the greatest naturalist this country ever had, said he felt that there are just two classes of people in the world.... By 'the quick,' he meant people who look at the world and see it; people who listen to the world and hear it; people who get a message from it. The quick are people who are sensitized; the send out antennae. They get the meaning of the world. In other words, they are alive, they are alert, they are vibrant. As for 'the dead people, while they aren’t dead physically, they are dead from the standpoint of sensitivity. They never grapple with ideas, or try new ways of doing things. They are dead in the spirit. They live on the surface.

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Jean-Luc Picard

Jean-Luc Picard

Jean-Luc Picard is a fictional Star Trek character portrayed by Patrick Stewart. He appears in Star Trek: The Next Generation , which aired from 1987 to 1994, as the captain of the Federation flagship Enterprise -D. The character also appears in the Next Generation-era films -- Generations , First Contact , Insurrection , and Nemesis -- and has a cameo appearance in the pilot episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . He is depicted as a deeply moral, highly intelligent man who is a master of diplomacy and debate. Picard prefers to peacefully resolve disputes rather than fight, although as captain of the most powerful ship in the fleet he is well equipped to do so, and when forced into combat, he is quite capable as a commander.

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