"Species do not grow more perfect: the weaker……" — Friedrich Nietzsche

"Species do not grow more perfect: the weaker dominate the strong, again and again- the reason being that they are the great majority, and they are also cleverer. Darwin forgot the mind (-that is English!): the weak possess more mind. ... To acquire mind, one must need mind-one loses it when one no longer needs it."

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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