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Alfred Russel Wallace quotes: What birds can have their bills more peculiarly formed than the ibis, the spoonbill, and the heron?

What birds can have their bills more peculiarly formed than the ibis, the spoonbill, and the heron?

Alfred Russel Wallace quotes: I have since wandered among men of many races and many religions.

I have since wandered among men of many races and many religions.

Alfred Russel Wallace quotes: Mars, therefore, is not only uninhabited by intelligent beings such as Mr. Lowell postulates, but is absolutely uninhabitable.

Mars, therefore, is not only uninhabited by intelligent beings such as Mr. Lowell postulates, but is absolutely uninhabitable.

Alfred Russel Wallace quotes: What we need are not prohibitory marriage laws, but a reformed society, an educated public opinion which will teach individual duty in these matters.

What we need are not prohibitory marriage laws, but a reformed society, an educated public opinion which will teach individual duty in these matters.

Alfred Russel Wallace quotes: To the mass of mankind religion of some kind is a necessity.

To the mass of mankind religion of some kind is a necessity.

Alfred Russel Wallace quotes: I hold with Henry George, that at the back of every great social evil will be found a great political wrong.

I hold with Henry George, that at the back of every great social evil will be found a great political wrong.

Alfred Russel Wallace quotes: I am thankful I can see much to admire in all religions.

I am thankful I can see much to admire in all religions.

Alfred Russel Wallace quotes: Civilisation has ever accompanied emigration and conquest - the conflict of opinion, of religion, or of race.

Civilisation has ever accompanied emigration and conquest - the conflict of opinion, of religion, or of race.

Alfred Russel Wallace quotes: To expect the world to receive a new truth, or even an old truth, without challenging it, is to look for one of those miracles which do not occur.

To expect the world to receive a new truth, or even an old truth, without challenging it, is to look for one of those miracles which do not occur.

Alfred Russel Wallace quotes: To say that mind is a product or function of protoplasm, or of its molecular changes, is to use words to which we can attach no clear conception.

To say that mind is a product or function of protoplasm, or of its molecular changes, is to use words to which we can attach no clear conception.

Alfred Russel Wallace quotes: There is a tendency in nature to the continued progression of certain classes of varieties further and further from the original type.

There is a tendency in nature to the continued progression of certain classes of varieties further and further from the original type.

Alfred Russel Wallace quotes: The white men in our colonies are too frequently the savages

The white men in our colonies are too frequently the savages

Alfred Russel Wallace quotes: In my solitude I have pondered much on the incomprehensible subjects of space, eternity, life and death.

In my solitude I have pondered much on the incomprehensible subjects of space, eternity, life and death.

Alfred Russel Wallace quotes: Truth is born into this world only with pangs and tribulations, and every fresh truth is received unwillingly.

Truth is born into this world only with pangs and tribulations, and every fresh truth is received unwillingly.

Alfred Russel Wallace quotes: [I]t is indisputably the mediocre, if not the low, both as regards morality and intelligence, who succeed in life and multiply the fastest.

[I]t is indisputably the mediocre, if not the low, both as regards morality and intelligence, who succeed in life and multiply the fastest.

Alfred Russel Wallace quotes: Modification of form is admitted to be a matter of time.

Modification of form is admitted to be a matter of time.