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.
CHARLES DARWINNothing exists for itself alone, but only in relation to other forms of life.
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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Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.
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The moral faculties are generally and justly esteemed as of higher value than the intellectual powers.
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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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We are always slow in admitting any great change of which we do not see the intermediate steps
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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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Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits.
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How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.
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It strikes me that all our knowledge about the structure of our Earth is very much like what an old hen would know of the hundred-acre field in a corner of which she is scratching.
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I would give absolutely nothing for the theory of Natural Selection, if it requires miraculous additions at any one stage of descent.
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Such simple instincts as bees making a beehive could be sufficient to overthrow my whole theory.
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For the shield may be as important for victory, as the sword or spear.
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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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Much love much trial, but what an utter desert is life without love.
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The very essence of instinct is that it’s followed independently of reason.
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