Attention, if sudden and close, graduates into surprise; and this into astonishment; and this into stupefied amazement.
CHARLES DARWINIn conclusion, it appears that nothing can be more improving to a young naturalist, than a journey in distant countries.
More Charles Darwin Quotes
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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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We are not here concerned with hopes or fears, only with truth as far as our reason permits us to discover it.
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The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.
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Nothing is easier than to admit in words the truth of the universal struggle for life, or more difficult, at least I have found it so – than constantly to bear this conclusion in mind.
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We stopped looking for monsters under our bed when we realized that they were inside us.
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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.
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The willing horse is always overworked.
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Not one change of species into another is on record, we cannot prove that a single species has been changed.
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The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
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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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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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Light may be shed on man and his origins.
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I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious views of anyone.
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If every one were cast in the same mould, there would be no such thing as beauty.
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A man’s friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.
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