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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
Wherever the European had trod, death seemed to pursue the aboriginal.
CHARLES DARWIN

Death Original Pursue
In conclusion, it appears that nothing can be more improving to a young naturalist, than a journey in distant countries.
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Appearance Country Distant Improvement Journey Nature Science
Some call it evolution, And others call it God.
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Evolution God
Man selects only for his own good: Nature only for that of the being which she tends.
CHARLES DARWIN

Goodness Man Nature Selection
I have at least, as I hope, done good service in aiding to overthrow the dogma of separate creations.
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Aid Creation Done Hope Separate Service
The most energetic workers I have encountered in my world travels are the vegetarian miners of Chile.
CHARLES DARWIN

Encounter Energy Travel Vegetarian Work World
An agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind.
CHARLES DARWIN

Agnostic Correction Description Mind State
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.
CHARLES DARWIN

Adapt Change Inspirational Intelligence Species Strong Survival
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.
CHARLES DARWIN

Action Approve Capable Moral Reflection
He who remains passive when over-whelmed with grief loses his best chance of recovering his elasticity of mind.
CHARLES DARWIN

Chance Grief Loss Mind Overwhelmed Recover
I would give absolutely nothing for the theory of Natural Selection, if it requires miraculous additions at any one stage of descent.
CHARLES DARWIN

Absolute Addition Natural Requirement Science Selection Stage Theory
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.
CHARLES DARWIN

Cattle Character Dog Horse Man Marriage
A language, like a species, when extinct, never – reappears.
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Appearance Language Species
We will now discuss in a little more detail the Struggle for Existence.
CHARLES DARWIN

Detail Discuss Existence Struggle
In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.
CHARLES DARWIN

Animal Collaboration History Human

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