"It is not the strongest of the species……" — Charles Darwin
"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, but the one most responsive to change."
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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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