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True Quotes by Charles Darwin
- I worked on true Baconian principles, and without any theory collected facts.
- It has sometimes been said that the success of the Origin proved "that the subject was in the air," or "that men's minds were prepared…
- Man in his arrogance thinks himself a great work, worthy the interposition of a great deity. More humble and I believe true to consider him…
- 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]…
- Language is an art, like brewing or baking.... It certainly is not a true instinct, for every language has to be learnt.
- Consequently, if my theory be true, it is indisputable that before the lowest Silurian stratum was deposited, long periods elapsed, as long as, or probably…
- I have just finished my sketch of my species theory. If as I believe that my theory is true & if it be accepted even…
- Your words have come true with a vengeance that I shd [should] be forestalled ... I never saw a more striking coincidence. If Wallace had…
- 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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