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Charles Darwin Quotes

As for a future life, every man must judge for himself between conflicting vague probabilities Picture Quote #1

... for the shield may be as important for victory, as the sword or spear Picture Quote #1

I am a firm believer, that without speculation there is no good and original observation Picture Quote #1

Animals manifestly enjoy excitement, and suffer from annul and may exhibit curiosity Picture Quote #1

The most important factor in survival is neither intelligence nor strength but adaptability Picture Quote #1

Nothing exists for itself alone, but only in relation to other forms of life Picture Quote #1

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Delight itself, however, is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist Picture Quote #1

There is no fundamental difference between man and the higher animals in their mental faculties Picture Quote #1

False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness Picture Quote #1

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science Picture Quote #1

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact Picture Quote #1

An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men Picture Quote #1

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I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of caterpillars Picture Quote #1

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin Picture Quote #1

In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed Picture Quote #1

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change Picture Quote #1

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life Picture Quote #1

The love of a dog for his master is notorious; in the agony of death he has been known to caress his master, and everyone has heard of the dog suffering under vivisection, who licked the hand of the operator; this man, unless he had a heart of stone, must have felt remorse to the last hour of his life Picture Quote #1

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The most powerful natural species are those that adapt to environmental change without losing their fundamental identity which gives them their competitive advantage Picture Quote #1

It is impossible to concieve of this immense and wonderful universe as the result of blind chance or necessity Picture Quote #1

As natural selection works solely by and for the good of each being, all corporeal and mental endowments will tend to progress toward perfection Picture Quote #1

Mere chance... alone would never account for so habitual and large an amount of difference as that between varieties of the same species Picture Quote #1

There are several other sources of enjoyment in a long voyage, which are of a more reasonable nature. The map of the world ceases to be a blank; it becomes a picture full of the most varied and animated figures Picture Quote #1

Sympathy beyond the confines of man, that is, humanity to the lower animals, seems to be one of the latest moral acquisitions Picture Quote #1

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Nothing can be more hopeless than to attempt to explain this similarity of pattern in members of the same class, by utility or by the doctrine of final causes Picture Quote #1

Thus disbelief crept over me at a very slow rate, but at last was complete. The rate was so slow that I felt no distress, and have never since doubted even for a single second that my conclusion was correct Picture Quote #1

A grand and almost untrodden field of inquiry will be opened, on the causes and laws of variation, on correlation of growth, on the effects of use and disuse, on the direct actions of external conditions, and so forth Picture Quote #1

The limit of man s knowledge in any subject possesses a high interest which is perhaps increased by its close neighbourhood to the realms of imagination Picture Quote #1

Thomson’s views on the recent age of the world have been for some time one of my sorest troubles Picture Quote #1

Daily it is forced home on the mind of the biologist that nothing, not even the wind that blows, is so unstable as the level of the crust of this earth Picture Quote #1

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As for a future life, every man must judge for himself between conflicting vague probabilities (Charles Darwin Quotes) ... for the shield may be as important for victory, as the sword or spear (Charles Darwin Quotes) I am a firm believer, that without speculation there is no good and original observation (Charles Darwin Quotes) Animals manifestly enjoy excitement, and suffer from annul and may exhibit curiosity (Charles Darwin Quotes) The most important factor in survival is neither intelligence nor strength but adaptability (Charles Darwin Quotes) Nothing exists for itself alone, but only in relation to other forms of life (Charles Darwin Quotes) Delight itself, however, is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist (Charles Darwin Quotes) There is no fundamental difference between man and the higher animals in their mental faculties (Charles Darwin Quotes) False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness (Charles Darwin Quotes) Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science (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 (Charles Darwin Quotes) An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men (Charles Darwin Quotes) I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of caterpillars (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 (Charles Darwin Quotes) In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed (Charles Darwin Quotes) It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change (Charles Darwin Quotes) A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life (Charles Darwin Quotes) The love of a dog for his master is notorious; in the agony of death he has been known to caress his master, and everyone has heard of the dog suffering under vivisection, who licked the hand of the operator; this man, unless he had a heart of stone, must have felt remorse to the last hour of his life (Charles Darwin Quotes) The most powerful natural species are those that adapt to environmental change without losing their fundamental identity which gives them their competitive advantage (Charles Darwin Quotes) It is impossible to concieve of this immense and wonderful universe as the result of blind chance or necessity (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 (Charles Darwin Quotes) Mere chance... alone would never account for so habitual and large an amount of difference as that between varieties of the same species (Charles Darwin Quotes) There are several other sources of enjoyment in a long voyage, which are of a more reasonable nature. The map of the world ceases to be a blank; it becomes a picture full of the most varied and animated figures (Charles Darwin Quotes) Sympathy beyond the confines of man, that is, humanity to the lower animals, seems to be one of the latest moral acquisitions (Charles Darwin Quotes) Nothing can be more hopeless than to attempt to explain this similarity of pattern in members of the same class, by utility or by the doctrine of final causes (Charles Darwin Quotes) Thus disbelief crept over me at a very slow rate, but at last was complete. The rate was so slow that I felt no distress, and have never since doubted even for a single second that my conclusion was correct (Charles Darwin Quotes) A grand and almost untrodden field of inquiry will be opened, on the causes and laws of variation, on correlation of growth, on the effects of use and disuse, on the direct actions of external conditions, and so forth (Charles Darwin Quotes) The limit of man s knowledge in any subject possesses a high interest which is perhaps increased by its close neighbourhood to the realms of imagination (Charles Darwin Quotes) Thomson’s views on the recent age of the world have been for some time one of my sorest troubles (Charles Darwin Quotes) Daily it is forced home on the mind of the biologist that nothing, not even the wind that blows, is so unstable as the level of the crust of this earth (Charles Darwin Quotes)

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