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Mere Quotes by Charles Darwin
- Among the scenes which are deeply impressed on my mind, none exceed in sublimity the primeval [tropical] forests, ... temples filled with the varied productions…
- It is mere rubbish thinking, at present, of origin of life; one might as well think of origin of matter.
- Physiological experiment on animals is justifiable for real investigation, but not for mere damnable and detestable curiosity.
- 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 flaw[s]…
- I have rarely read anything which has interested me more, though I have not read as yet more than a quarter of the book proper.…
- A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone.
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