For I am well aware that scarcely a single point is discussed in this volume on which facts cannot be adduced, often… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
About thirty years ago there was much talk that geologists ought only to observe and not theorise; and I well remember some… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
To conclude, therefore, let no man out of a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
It is well-known that those who have charge of young infants, that it is difficult to feel sure when certain movements about… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Nothing could have been worse for the development of my mind than Dr. Butler's school, as it was strictly classical, nothing else… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
The noble science of Geology loses glory from the extreme imperfection of the record. The crust of the earth with its embedded… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
How so many absurd rules of conduct, as well as so many absurd religious beliefs, have originated, we do not know; nor… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probable—namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, the parental… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
It is mere rubbish thinking, at present, of origin of life; one might as well think of origin of matter. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
...I feel most deeply that the whole subject is too profound for the human intellect. A dog might as well speculate on… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
I often had to run very quickly to be on time, and from being a fleet runner was generally successful; but when… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Hereafter we shall be compelled to acknowledge that the only distinction between species and well-marked varieties is, that the latter are known,… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Describing laughter: The sound is produced by a deep inspiration followed by short, interrupted, spasmodic contractions of the chest, and especially the… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
I cannot anyhow be contented to view this wonderful universe, and especially the nature of man, and to conclude that everything is… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
That there is much suffering in the world no one disputes. Which is more likely, that pain and evil are the result… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
The presence of a body of well-instructed men, who have not to labor for their daily bread, is important to a degree… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
We have seen that the senses and intuitions, the various emotions and faculties, such as love, memory, attention and curiosity, imitation, reason,… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
The main conclusion here arrived at ... is that man is descended from some less highly organized form. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
So great is the economy of nature, that most flowers which are fertilised by crepuscular or nocturnal insects emit their odour chiefly or exclusively… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious views of anyone. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
I am quite conscious that my speculations run beyond the bounds of true science....It is a mere rag of an hypothesis with as many… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
If worms have the power of acquiring some notion, however rude, of the shape of an object and over their burrows, as seems the… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universes, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Formerly Milton's Paradise Lost had been my chief favourite, and in my excursions during the voyage of the Beagle, when I could take only… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
May we not suspect that the vague but very real fears of children, which are quite independent of experience, are the inherited effects of… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
It may be said that natural selection is daily and hourly scrutinizing, throughout the world, every variation, even the slightest; rejecting that which is… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“Darwin, landing in Brazil in 1832, had a similar reaction, colored by his reading of his predecessor." Humboldt's glorious descriptions are & will for… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
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