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Some Quotes by Charles Darwin
- Some few, & I am one, even wish to God, though at the loss of millions of lives, that the North would proclaim a crusade…
- If worms have the power of acquiring some notion, however rude, of the shape of an object and over their burrows, as seems the case,…
- It is not the conscience which raises a blush, for a man may sincerely regret some slight fault committed in solitude, or he may suffer…
- About thirty years ago there was much talk that geologists ought only to observe and not theorise; and I well remember some one saying that…
- It is really laughable to see what different ideas are prominent in various naturalists' minds, when they speak of 'species'; in some, resemblance is everything…
- Another source of conviction in the existence of God, connected with the reason and not with the feelings, impresses me as having much more weight.…
- I am aware that the conclusions arrived at in this work will be denounced by some as highly irreligious; but he who denounces them is…
- Of all the differences between man and the lower animals, the moral sense or conscience is by far the most important . . . [I]t…
- My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts, but why this should have…
- I have no great quickness of apprehension or wit which is so remarkable in some clever men, for instance Huxley
- Each organic being is striving to increase in a geometrical ratio . . . each at some period of its life, during some season of…
- 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.…
- 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…
- A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of…
- At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races…
- False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little…
- One day, on tearing off some old bark, I saw two rare beetles, and seized one in each hand. Then I saw a third and…
- If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at…
- The question of whether there exists a Creator and Ruler of the Universe has been answered in the affirmative by some of the highest intellects…
- At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilised races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace throughout the world…
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