The natural-selection part of Dr. Clark's argument "is significantly weaker, and maybe just not necessary, if you can trace the changes in the institutions," said Kenneth L. Pomeranz, a historian at the University of California, Irvine.
For [learning] other European languages, it [memorizing some text] maybe is not necessary.
As she said: For [learning] other European languages, it [memorizing some text] maybe is not necessary.
"War is terrible, conflicts are terrible, but somebody has to do it and so it's necessary -- maybe not completely honest, but necessary -- to imbue those things with glory," he said.
And maybe it's not necessary.
The price tag is $65,242 per year, and that doesn't include books, though maybe they're not necessary.
Maybe it's not necessary to do every single brownstone in Park Slope or every single building in Alphabet City.
Maybe it's not necessary to feel a sense of personal failure that I don't have a workable solution to Syria.
Maybe it was not necessary to spend $250 million on ornamental fountains at the foot of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building.
"Maybe it's not necessary in a way in the opinion of some people, but I know everything I do has a purpose," he said.
