"As well might it be said that, because……" — Alfred Russel Wallace
"As well might it be said that, because we are ignorant of the laws by which metals are produced and trees developed, we cannot know anything of the origin of steamships and railways"
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26 Quotes by Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace has 26 quotes on this site.
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In less than eight years "The Origin of Species" has produced conviction in the minds of a majority of the…
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In all works on Natural History, we constantly find details of the marvellous adaptation of animals to their food, their…
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It has been generally the custom of writers on natural history to take the habits and instincts of animals as…
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Truth is born into this world only with pangs and tribulations, and every fresh truth is received unwillingly. To expect…
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I am thankful I can see much to admire in all religions.
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To say that mind is a product or function of protoplasm, or of its molecular changes, is to use words…
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There is, I conceive, no contradiction in believing that mind is at once the cause of matter and of the…
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What birds can have their bills more peculiarly formed than the ibis, the spoonbill, and the heron?
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Civilisation has ever accompanied emigration and conquest - the conflict of opinion, of religion, or of race
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On the spiritual theory, man consists essentially of a spiritual nature or mind intimately associated with a spiritual body or…
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Modification of form is admitted to be a matter of time
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What we need are not prohibitory marriage laws, but a reformed society, an educated public opinion which will teach individual…
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More Cannot Know Quotes
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We cannot know the whole truth, which belongs to God alone, but our task nevertheless is to seek to know…
— Wendell Berry
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We know the past but cannot control it. We control the future but cannot know it.
— Claude Shannon
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What science cannot tell us, mankind cannot know.
— Bertrand Russell
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Joy is our goal, our destiny. We cannot know who we are except in joy. Not knowing joy, we do…
— Marianne Williamson
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Parents of handicapped children are occasionally embarrassed or hurt by others who awkwardly express sympathy but cannot know or appreciate…
— James E. Faust
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Tolstoi explains somewhere in his writings why, in his opinion, "Science for Science's sake" is an absurd conception. We cannot…
— Henri Poincare
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We are ignorant of the Beyond because this ignorance is the condition of our own life. Just as ice cannot…
— Jules Renard
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Just where death is expecting you is something we cannot know; so, for your part, expect him everywhere.
— Seneca the Younger
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If materialism is true, it seems to me that we cannot know that it is true. If my opinions are…
— John B. S. Haldane
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I conclude that, while it is true that science cannot decide questions of value, that is because they cannot be…
— Bertrand Russell
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It is not enough to say that we cannot know or judge because all the information is not in. The…
— John Steinbeck
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There are four great sciences, without which the other sciences cannot be known nor a knowledge of things secured ...…
— Roger Bacon
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