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Language Quotes by Charles Darwin
- Nothing could have been worse for the development of my mind than Dr. Butler's school, as it was strictly classical, nothing else being taught, except…
- The formation of different languages and of distinct species and the proofs that both have been developed through a gradual process, are curiously parallel.
- Language is an art, like brewing or baking.... It certainly is not a true instinct, for every language has to be learnt.
- I can indeed hardly see how anyone ought to wish Christianity to be true for if so the plain language of the text seems to…
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