He who remains passive when over-whelmed with grief loses his best chance of recovering his elasticity of mind.
CHARLES DARWINIt is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine.
More Charles Darwin Quotes
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I am dying by inches, from not having any body to talk to about insects.
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It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine.
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I have tried lately to read Shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me.
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I love fools’ experiments. I am always making them.
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We will now discuss in a little more detail the Struggle for Existence.
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The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognise that we ought to control our thoughts.
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In conclusion, it appears that nothing can be more improving to a young naturalist, than a journey in distant countries.
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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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Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits.
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Hence, a traveller should be a botanist, for in all views plants form the chief embellishment.
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We are optimists, until we are not.
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Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.
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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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It is impossible to concieve of this immense and wonderful universe as the result of blind chance or necessity.
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The willing horse is always overworked.
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