"It is generally admitted that with woman the……" — Charles Darwin
"It is generally admitted that with woman the powers of intuition, of rapid perception and perhaps of imitation, are more strongly marked than in man: but some, at least, of these faculties are characteristic of the lower races, and therefore of a pas"
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288 Quotes by Charles Darwin
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Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions. Monkeys redden from passion but it would take an…
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Thus we have given to man a pedigree of prodigious length, but not, it may be said, of noble quality.
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Some few, & I am one, even wish to God, though at the loss of millions of lives, that the…
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If worms have the power of acquiring some notion, however rude, of the shape of an object and over their…
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So in regard to mental qualities, their transmission is manifest in our dogs, horses and other domestic animals. Besides special…
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The number of humble-bees in any district depends in a great degree on the number of field-mice, which destroy their…
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It is not the conscience which raises a blush, for a man may sincerely regret some slight fault committed in…
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It is well-known that those who have charge of young infants, that it is difficult to feel sure when certain…
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Jealousy was plainly exhibited when I fondled a large doll, and when I weighed his infant sister, he being then…
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May we not suspect that the vague but very real fears of children, which are quite independent of experience, are…
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The young blush much more freely than the old but not during infancy, which is remarkable, as we know that…
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Why does man regret, even though he may endeavour to banish any such regret, that he has followed the one…
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It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public…
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There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for…
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Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves.
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It was admitted by the early rabbis that the sectarians could be as full of good works as eggs were…
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It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can…
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You must picture me alone in that room in Magdalen, night after night, feeling, whenever my mind lifted even for…
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Sixty percent of our immigrants are admitted merely because they have relatives here. Many of these people are not immediate…
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I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed: perhaps, that night, the most dejected and…
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Once miracles are admitted, every scientific explanation is out of the question.
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You're not supposed to be admitted to America if you're likely to be a charge on the public - if…
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I never met an author who admitted that people did not buy his book because it was dull.
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What you see is from outside yourself, and may come, or not, but is beyond your control. But your fear…
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