The very essence of instinct is that it’s followed independently of reason.
CHARLES DARWINThus we have given to man a pedigree of prodigious length, but not, it may be said, of noble quality.
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For the shield may be as important for victory, as the sword or spear.
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He who remains passive when over-whelmed with grief loses his best chance of recovering his elasticity of mind.
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Everything in nature is the result of fixed laws.
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The most energetic workers I have encountered in my world travels are the vegetarian miners of Chile.
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Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions.
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Thus we have given to man a pedigree of prodigious length, but not, it may be said, of noble quality.
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It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.
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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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The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic.
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To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.
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Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.
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A language, like a species, when extinct, never – reappears.
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Freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men’s minds which follows from the advance of science.
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The normal food of man is vegetable.
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There is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery.
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