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Charles Darwin quotes: It is difficult to believe in the dreadful but quiet war lurking just below the serene facade of nature. It is difficult to believe in the dreadful but quiet war lurking just below the serene facade of nature.
Charles Darwin quotes: I have long discovered that geologists never read each other's works, and that the only object in writing a book is a proof of earnestness. I have long discovered that geologists never read each other's works, and that the only object in writing a book is a proof of earnestness.
Charles Darwin quotes: Such simple instincts as bees making a beehive could be sufficient to overthrow my whole theory. Such simple instincts as bees making a beehive could be sufficient to overthrow my whole theory.
Charles Darwin quotes: Conscience looks backwards and judges past actions, inducing that kind of dissatisfaction, which if weak we call regret, and if severe remorse. Conscience looks backwards and judges past actions, inducing that kind of dissatisfaction, which if weak we call regret, and if severe remorse.
Charles Darwin quotes: A pleasurable and excited state of mind, associated with affection, is exhibited by some dogs in a very peculiar manner, namely, by grinning. A pleasurable and excited state of mind, associated with affection, is exhibited by some dogs in a very peculiar manner, namely, by grinning.
Charles Darwin quotes: I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men
Charles Darwin quotes: I have tried lately to read Shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me. I have tried lately to read Shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me.
Charles Darwin quotes: We fancied even that the bushes smelt unpleasantly. We fancied even that the bushes smelt unpleasantly.
Charles Darwin quotes: It's not the strongest, but the most adaptable that survive. It's not the strongest, but the most adaptable that survive.
Charles Darwin quotes: In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed. In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.
Charles Darwin quotes: I hate a Barnacle as no man ever did before, not even a Sailor in a slow-sailing ship. I hate a Barnacle as no man ever did before, not even a Sailor in a slow-sailing ship.
Charles Darwin quotes: As natural selection works solely by and for the good of each being, all corporeal and mental endowments will tend to progress toward perfection. As natural selection works solely by and for the good of each being, all corporeal and mental endowments will tend to progress toward perfection.
Charles Darwin quotes: We stop looking for monsters under our beds when we realize they are inside us. We stop looking for monsters under our beds when we realize they are inside us.
Charles Darwin quotes: If any man wants to gain a good opinion of his fellow men, he ought to do what I am doing: pester them with letters. If any man wants to gain a good opinion of his fellow men, he ought to do what I am doing: pester them with letters.
Charles Darwin quotes: A cell is a complex structure, with its investing membrane, nucleus, and nucleolus. A cell is a complex structure, with its investing membrane, nucleus, and nucleolus.
Charles Darwin quotes: One may say there is a force like a hundred thousand wedges ... One may say there is a force like a hundred thousand wedges ...
Charles Darwin quotes: Linnaeus and Cuvier have been my two gods, though in very different ways, but they were mere schoolboys to old Aristotle. Linnaeus and Cuvier have been my two gods, though in very different ways, but they were mere schoolboys to old Aristotle.
Charles Darwin quotes: We are always slow in admitting any great change of which we do not see the intermediate steps We are always slow in admitting any great change of which we do not see the intermediate steps
Charles Darwin quotes: The more one thinks, the more one feels the hopeless immensity of man's ignorance. The more one thinks, the more one feels the hopeless immensity of man's ignorance.
Charles Darwin quotes: To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact. To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.
Charles Darwin quotes: What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature! What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature!
Charles Darwin quotes: Our descent, then, is the origin of our evil passions!! The devil under form of Baboon is our grandfather. Our descent, then, is the origin of our evil passions!! The devil under form of Baboon is our grandfather.
Charles Darwin quotes: The main conclusion here arrived at ... is that man is descended from some less highly organized form. The main conclusion here arrived at ... is that man is descended from some less highly organized form.
Charles Darwin quotes: Two distinct elements are included under the term "inheritance" - the transmission, and the development of characters; Two distinct elements are included under the term "inheritance" - the transmission, and the development of characters;
Charles Darwin quotes: An agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind. An agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind.
Charles Darwin quotes: It is a fatal fault to reason whilst observing, though so necessary beforehand and so useful afterwards. It is a fatal fault to reason whilst observing, though so necessary beforehand and so useful afterwards.
Charles Darwin quotes: To suppose that the eye could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree To suppose that the eye could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree
Charles Darwin quotes: Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history. Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history.
Charles Darwin quotes: Nothing can be more improving to a young naturalist, than a journey in a distant country. Nothing can be more improving to a young naturalist, than a journey in a distant country.
Charles Darwin quotes: Our faculties are more fitted to recognize the wonderful structure of a beetle than a Universe. Our faculties are more fitted to recognize the wonderful structure of a beetle than a Universe.
Charles Darwin quotes: Some call it evolution, And others call it God. Some call it evolution, And others call it God.
Charles Darwin quotes: I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts and grinding out conclusions. I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts and grinding out conclusions.
Charles Darwin quotes: The normal food of man is vegetable. The normal food of man is vegetable.
Charles Darwin quotes: We are not here concerned with hopes or fears, only with truth as far as our reason permits us to discover it. We are not here concerned with hopes or fears, only with truth as far as our reason permits us to discover it.
Charles Darwin quotes: The world will not be inherited by the strongest, it will be inherited by those most able to change. The world will not be inherited by the strongest, it will be inherited by those most able to change.
Charles Darwin quotes: Sympathy will have been increased through natural selection Sympathy will have been increased through natural selection
Charles Darwin quotes: Man tends to increase at a greater rate than his means of subsistence. Man tends to increase at a greater rate than his means of subsistence.
Charles Darwin quotes: On the ordinary view of each species having been independently created, we gain no scientific explanation. On the ordinary view of each species having been independently created, we gain no scientific explanation.
Charles Darwin quotes: Sympathy for the lowest animals is one of the noblest virtues with which man is endowed. Sympathy for the lowest animals is one of the noblest virtues with which man is endowed.
Charles Darwin quotes: I have at least, as I hope, done good service in aiding to overthrow the dogma of separate creations. I have at least, as I hope, done good service in aiding to overthrow the dogma of separate creations.
Charles Darwin quotes: I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification. I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification.
Charles Darwin quotes: A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question. Charles Darwin A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question. Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin quotes: Sexual selection will also be largely dominated by natural selection tending towards the general welfare of the species. Sexual selection will also be largely dominated by natural selection tending towards the general welfare of the species.
Charles Darwin quotes: Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits. Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits.
Charles Darwin quotes: Every new body of discovery is mathematical in form, because there is no other guidance we can have. Every new body of discovery is mathematical in form, because there is no other guidance we can have.
Charles Darwin quotes: The age-old and noble thought of 'I will lay down my life to save another,' is nothing more than cowardice. The age-old and noble thought of 'I will lay down my life to save another,' is nothing more than cowardice.
Charles Darwin quotes: A republic cannot succeed, till it contains a certain body of men imbued with the principles of justice and honour. A republic cannot succeed, till it contains a certain body of men imbued with the principles of justice and honour.
Charles Darwin quotes: If man had not been his own classifier, he would never have thought of founding a separate order for his own reception. If man had not been his own classifier, he would never have thought of founding a separate order for his own reception.
Charles Darwin quotes: Natural Selection almost inevitably causes much Extinction of the less improved forms of life and induces what I have called Divergence of Character. Natural Selection almost inevitably causes much Extinction of the less improved forms of life and induces what I have called Divergence of Character.
Charles Darwin quotes: Whilst Man, however well-behaved,At best is but a monkey shaved! Whilst Man, however well-behaved,
At best is but a monkey shaved!
Charles Darwin quotes: A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone. A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of stone.
Charles Darwin quotes: Thomson's views on the recent age of the world have been for some time one of my sorest troubles. Thomson's views on the recent age of the world have been for some time one of my sorest troubles.
Charles Darwin quotes: The man who walks with Henslow. The man who walks with Henslow.
Charles Darwin quotes: I have no great quickness of apprehension or wit which is so remarkable in some clever men, for instance Huxley I have no great quickness of apprehension or wit which is so remarkable in some clever men, for instance Huxley
Charles Darwin quotes: Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions. Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions.
Charles Darwin quotes: I agree with Agassiz that dogs possess something very like conscience. I agree with Agassiz that dogs possess something very like conscience.
Charles Darwin quotes: Even people who aren't geniuses can outthink the rest of mankind if they develop certain thinking habits. Even people who aren't geniuses can outthink the rest of mankind if they develop certain thinking habits.
Charles Darwin quotes: Freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men's minds which follows from the advance of science. Freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men's minds which follows from the advance of science.
Charles Darwin quotes: I am not the least afraid to die I am not the least afraid to die
Charles Darwin quotes: But I am very poorly today & very stupid & I hate everybody & everything. One lives only to make blunders. But I am very poorly today & very stupid & I hate everybody & everything. One lives only to make blunders.
Charles Darwin quotes: He who understands baboons would do more towards metaphysics than Locke. He who understands baboons would do more towards metaphysics than Locke.
Charles Darwin quotes: The school as a means of education to me was simply a blank. The school as a means of education to me was simply a blank.
Charles Darwin quotes: We will now discuss in a little more detail the Struggle for Existence. We will now discuss in a little more detail the Struggle for Existence.
Charles Darwin quotes: The expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer of the Survival of the Fittest is more accurate, and is sometimes equally convenient. The expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer of the Survival of the Fittest is more accurate, and is sometimes equally convenient.
Charles Darwin quotes: Intelligence is based on how efficient a species became at doing the things they need to survive. Intelligence is based on how efficient a species became at doing the things they need to survive.
Charles Darwin quotes: I believe man . . . in the same predicament with other animals. I believe man . . . in the same predicament with other animals.
Charles Darwin quotes: The survival or preservation of certain favoured words in the struggle for existence is natural selection. The survival or preservation of certain favoured words in the struggle for existence is natural selection.
Charles Darwin quotes: The season of love is that of battle. The roots of these fights run deep. The season of love is that of battle. The roots of these fights run deep.
Charles Darwin quotes: Disbelief crept over me at a very slow rate, but at last it was complete. Disbelief crept over me at a very slow rate, but at last it was complete.
Charles Darwin quotes: The moral faculties are generally and justly esteemed as of higher value than the intellectual powers. The moral faculties are generally and justly esteemed as of higher value than the intellectual powers.
Charles Darwin quotes: Nature will tell you a direct lie if she can. Nature will tell you a direct lie if she can.
Charles Darwin quotes: [T]he young and the old of widely different races, both with man and animals, express the same state of mind by the same movements. [T]he young and the old of widely different races, both with man and animals, express the same state of mind by the same movements.
Charles Darwin quotes: The most energetic workers I have encountered in my world travels are the vegetarian miners of Chile. The most energetic workers I have encountered in my world travels are the vegetarian miners of Chile.
Charles Darwin quotes: Everything in nature is the result of fixed laws. Everything in nature is the result of fixed laws.
Charles Darwin quotes: I ought, or I ought not, constitute the whole of morality. I ought, or I ought not, constitute the whole of morality.
Charles Darwin quotes: We are optimists, until we are not. We are optimists, until we are not.
Charles Darwin quotes: An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men. An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.
Charles Darwin quotes: It is mere rubbish thinking, at present, of origin of life; one might as well think of origin of matter. It is mere rubbish thinking, at present, of origin of life; one might as well think of origin of matter.
Charles Darwin quotes: Free will is to mind what chance is to matter. Free will is to mind what chance is to matter.
Charles Darwin quotes: It may be doubted whether any character can be named which is distinctive of a race and is constant. It may be doubted whether any character can be named which is distinctive of a race and is constant.
Charles Darwin quotes: This preservation of favourable variations and the rejection of injurious variations, I call Natural Selection. This preservation of favourable variations and the rejection of injurious variations, I call Natural Selection.
Charles Darwin quotes: If I had not been so great an invalid, I should not have done so much as I have accomplished. If I had not been so great an invalid, I should not have done so much as I have accomplished.
Charles Darwin quotes: Light may be shed on man and his origins. Light may be shed on man and his origins.
Charles Darwin quotes: Language is an art, like brewing or baking ... It certainly is not a true instinct, for every language has to be learnt. Language is an art, like brewing or baking ... It certainly is not a true instinct, for every language has to be learnt.
Charles Darwin quotes: As for a future life, every man must judge for himself between conflicting vague probabilities. As for a future life, every man must judge for himself between conflicting vague probabilities.
Charles Darwin quotes: Thus we have given to man a pedigree of prodigious length, but not, it may be said, of noble quality. Thus we have given to man a pedigree of prodigious length, but not, it may be said, of noble quality.
Charles Darwin quotes: This prophecy has turned out entirely and miserably wrong. This prophecy has turned out entirely and miserably wrong.
Charles Darwin quotes: Physiological experiment on animals is justifiable for real investigation, but not for mere damnable and detestable curiosity. Physiological experiment on animals is justifiable for real investigation, but not for mere damnable and detestable curiosity.
Charles Darwin quotes: None can reply - all seems eternal now. The wilderness has a mysterious tongue, which teaches awful doubt. None can reply - all seems eternal now. The wilderness has a mysterious tongue, which teaches awful doubt.
Charles Darwin quotes: Why, if species have descended from other species by insensibly fine gradations, do we not everywhere see innumerable transitional forms. Why, if species have descended from other species by insensibly fine gradations, do we not everywhere see innumerable transitional forms.
Charles Darwin quotes: If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin. If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.
Charles Darwin quotes: I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious views of anyone. I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious views of anyone.
Charles Darwin quotes: I never gave up Christianity until I was forty years of age. I never gave up Christianity until I was forty years of age.
Charles Darwin quotes: I always make special notes about evidence that contridicts me: supportive evidence I can remember without trying. I always make special notes about evidence that contridicts me: supportive evidence I can remember without trying.
Charles Darwin quotes: There is a grandeur in this view of life, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful are being evolved There is a grandeur in this view of life, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful are being evolved
Charles Darwin quotes: It is not the biggest, the brightest or the best that will survive, but those who adapt the quickest. It is not the biggest, the brightest or the best that will survive, but those who adapt the quickest.
Charles Darwin quotes: I am sorry to have to inform you that I do not believe in the Bible as a divine revelation, & therefore not in Jesus Christ as the Son of I am sorry to have to inform you that I do not believe in the Bible as a divine revelation, & therefore not in Jesus Christ as the Son of God.
Charles Darwin quotes: A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn't there. A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn't there.
Charles Darwin quotes: I worked on true Baconian principles, and without any theory collected facts. I worked on true Baconian principles, and without any theory collected facts.
Charles Darwin quotes: I hope that I may be excused for entering on these personal details, as I give them to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision. I hope that I may be excused for entering on these personal details, as I give them to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision.

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