Wherever the European had trod, death seemed to pursue the aboriginal.
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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I have at least, as I hope, done good service in aiding to overthrow the dogma of separate creations.
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Man in his arrogance thinks himself a great work, worthy of the interposition of a deity. More humble, and I believe truer, to consider him created from animals.
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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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A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
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Even people who aren’t geniuses can outthink the rest of mankind if they develop certain thinking habits.
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Man, wonderful man, must collapse, into nature’s cauldron, he is no deity, he is no exception.
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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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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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I am dying by inches, from not having any body to talk to about insects.
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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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I never gave up Christianity until I was forty years of age.
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Often a cold shudder has run through me, and I have asked myself whether I may have not devoted myself to a fantasy.
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The willing horse is always overworked.
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Even when we are quite alone, how often do we think with pleasure or pain of what others think of us – of their imagined approbation or disapprobation.
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The very essence of instinct is that it’s followed independently of reason.
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