It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine.
CHARLES DARWINA scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, – a mere heart of stone.
More Charles Darwin Quotes
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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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I ought, or I ought not, constitute the whole of morality.
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The world will not be inherited by the strongest, it will be inherited by those most able to change.
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How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.
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An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.
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Man 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.
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For the shield may be as important for victory, as the sword or spear.
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In conclusion, it appears that nothing can be more improving to a young naturalist, than a journey in distant countries.
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Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.
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We stopped looking for monsters under our bed when we realized that they were inside us.
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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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There is a grandeur in this view of life, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful are being evolved
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An agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind.
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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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What wretched doings come from the ardor of fame; the love of truth alone would never make one man attack another bitterly.
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