All Charles Darwin Quotes
- To my deep mortification my father once said to me, "You care for nothing but shooting, dogs, and rat-catching, and you will be a disgrace… All
- [Herschel and Humboldt] stirred up in me a burning zeal to add even the most humble contribution to the noble structure of Natural Science. No… Add
- I find in the domestic duck that the bones of the wing weigh less and the bones of the leg more, in proportion to the… Attributed
- About weak points [of the Origin] I agree. The eye to this day gives me a cold shudder, but when I think of the fine… Agree
- We behold the face of nature bright with gladness. Behold
- It is often said that all the conditions for the first production of a living organism are now present, which could have ever been present.… Absorbed
- As the sense of smell is so intimately connected with that of taste, it is not surprising that an excessively bad odour should excite wretching… Bad
- Your words have come true with a vengeance that I shd [should] be forestalled ... I never saw a more striking coincidence. If Wallace had… Abstract
- I see no good reason why the views given this volume [The Origin of Species] should shock the religious feelings of any one. It is… Any
- I believe we were all glad to leave New Zealand. It is not a pleasant place. Amongst the natives there is absent that charming simplicity… Absent
- The love of a dog for his master is notorious; in the agony of death he has been known to caress his master, and everyone… Agony
- How fleeting are the wishes and efforts of man! how short his time! and consequently how poor will his products be, compared with those accumulated… Accumulated
- The most powerful natural species are those that adapt to environmental change without losing their fundamental identity which gives them their competitive advantage. Adapt
- The explanation of types of structure in classes - as resulting from the will of the Deity, to create animals on certain plans - is… Acts
- It is impossible to concieve of this immense and wonderful universe as the result of blind chance or necessity. Blind
- We fancied even that the bushes smelt unpleasantly. Bushes
- The presence of a body of well-instructed men, who have not to labor for their daily bread, is important to a degree which cannot be… Advantage
- In the survival of favoured individuals and races, during the constantly-recurring struggle for existence, we see a powerful and ever-acting form of selection. Acting
- Even when we are quite alone, how often do we think with pleasure or pain of what others think of us - of their imagined… Alone
- To suppose that the eye could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree Absurd