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I ought, or I ought not, constitute the whole of morality.

Charles Darwin

Thus we have given to man a pedigree of prodigious length, but not, it may be said, of noble quality.
CHARLES DARWIN

Length Man Noble Quality
Even people who aren’t geniuses can outthink the rest of mankind if they develop certain thinking habits.
CHARLES DARWIN

Development Genius Habit Mankind People Thinking
Much love much trial, but what an utter desert is life without love.
CHARLES DARWIN

Desert Life Love Trial
A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, – a mere heart of stone.
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Affection Heart Man Science Stone
Everything in nature is the result of fixed laws.
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Fix Law Nature One Liner Result
Man in his arrogance thinks himself a great work, worthy of the interposition of a deity. More humble, and I believe truer, to consider him created from animals.
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Animal Arrogance Believe Humble Man Work Worth
The world will not be inherited by the strongest, it will be inherited by those most able to change.
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Change Strong World
The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.
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Attribution Creature Live Love Man
One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die.
CHARLES DARWIN

Advance Die Law Live Organic Science Strong Weak
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
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Dare Discover Inspirational Life Man Time Value Wasted Time
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

Agony Care Death Dog Love Loyalty Master
It strikes me that all our knowledge about the structure of our Earth is very much like what an old hen would know of the hundred-acre field in a corner of which she is scratching.
CHARLES DARWIN

Corner Earth Hen Knowledge Scratch Strike Structure
The loss of tastes for poetry and music is a loss of happiness.
CHARLES DARWIN

Happiness Loss Music Poetry Taste
The very essence of instinct is that it’s followed independently of reason.
CHARLES DARWIN

Essence Follow Independence Instinct Reason
Nothing exists for itself alone, but only in relation to other forms of life.
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Alone Existence Life Relationship
I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men.
CHARLES DARWIN

Blind Follow Inspirational Lead Men

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