A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, – a mere heart of stone.
CHARLES DARWINMan scans with scrupulous care the character and pedigree of his horses, cattle, and dogs before he matches them; but when he comes to his own marriage he rarely, or never, takes any such care.
More Charles Darwin Quotes
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Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.
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I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men.
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If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.
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One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die.
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It is not the biggest, the brightest or the best that will survive, but those who adapt the quickest.
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From my early youth I have had the strongest desire to understand or explain whatever I observed. To group all facts under some general laws.
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Hence, a traveller should be a botanist, for in all views plants form the chief embellishment.
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A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives – of approving of some and disapproving of others.
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We are optimists, until we are not.
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A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn’t there.
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It is impossible to concieve of this immense and wonderful universe as the result of blind chance or necessity.
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Such simple instincts as bees making a beehive could be sufficient to overthrow my whole theory.
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Sympathy beyond the confines of man, that is, humanity to the lower animals, seems to be one of the latest moral acquisitions.
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Only picture to yourself a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, & books & music.
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In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment.
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