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Charles Darwin Quotes

There is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery Picture Quote #1

I have at least, as I hope, done good service in aiding to overthrow the dogma of separate creations Picture Quote #1

Only picture to yourself a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, and books and music Picture Quote #1

It may be conceit, but I believe the subject will interest the public, and I am sure that the views are original Picture Quote #1

With mammals the male appears to win the female much more through the law of battle than through the display of his charms Picture Quote #1

When the sexes differ in beauty, in the power of singing, or in producing what I have called instrumental music, it is almost invariably the male which excels the female Picture Quote #1

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At no time am I a quick thinker or writer: whatever I have done in science has solely been by long pondering, patience and industry Picture Quote #1

From the first dawn of life, all organic beings are found to resemble each other in descending degrees, so that they can be classed in groups under groups. This classification is evidently not arbitrary like the grouping of stars in constellations Picture Quote #1

I was a young man with uninformed ideas. I threw out queries, suggestions, wondering all the time over everything; and to my astonishment the ideas took like wildfire. People made a religion of them Picture Quote #1

Attention, if sudden and close, graduates into surprise; and this into astonishment; and this into stupefied amazement Picture Quote #1

It is scarcely possible to doubt that the love of man has become instinctive in the dog Picture Quote #1

The world will not be inherited by the strongest, it will be inherited by those most able to change Picture Quote #1

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It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself Picture Quote #1

If I had not been so great an invalid, I should not have done so much as I have accomplished Picture Quote #1

It may be doubted that there are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world as have these lowly organized creatures Picture Quote #1

Great is the power of steady misrepresentation; but the history of science shows that fortunately this power does not long endure Picture Quote #1

It is easy to specify the individual objects of admiration in these grand scenes; but it is not possible to give an adequate idea of the higher feelings of wonder, astonishment, and devotion, which fill and elevate the mind Picture Quote #1

I have deeply regretted that I did not proceed far enough at least to understand something of the great leading principles of mathematics, for men thus endowed seem to have an extra sense Picture Quote #1

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Worms have played a more important part in the history of the world than humans would at first suppose Picture Quote #1

I can remember the very spot in the road, whilst in my carriage, when to my joy the solution occurred to me Picture Quote #1

My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts, but why this should have caused the atrophy of that part of the brain that alone on which the higher tastes depend, I cannot conceive. A man with a mind more highly organised or better constituted than mine would not, I suppose, have thus suffered, and if I had to live my life over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week; for perhaps the parts of my brain now atrophied would thus have been kept alive through use Picture Quote #1

Owing to this struggle for life, any variation, however slight and from whatever cause proceeding, if it be in any degree profitable to an individual of any species, in its infinitely complex relationship to other organic beings and to external nature, will tend to the preservation of that individual, and will generally be inherited by its offspring Picture Quote #1

There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved Picture Quote #1

One day, on tearing off some old bark, I saw two rare beetles, and seized one in each hand. Then I saw a third and new kind, which I could not bear to lose, so I popped the one which I held in my right hand into my mouth. Alas! it ejected some intensely acrid fluid, which burnt my tongue so that I was forced to spit the beetle out, which was lost, as was the third one Picture Quote #1

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To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I confess, absurd in the highest degree... The difficulty of believing that a perfect and complex eye could be formed by natural selection, though insuperable by our imagination, should not be considered subversive of the theory Picture Quote #1

As man advances in civilization, and small tribes are united into larger communities, the simplest reason would tell each individual that he ought to extend his social instincts and sympathies to all members of the same nation, though personally unknown to him. This point being once reached, there is only an artificial barrier to prevent his sympathies extending to the men of all nations and races Picture Quote #1

I think it inevitably follows, that as new species in the course of time are formed through natural selection, others will become rarer and rarer, and finally extinct. The forms which stand in closest competition with those undergoing modification and improvement will naturally suffer most Picture Quote #1

Nevertheless so profound is our ignorance, and so high our presumption, that we marvel when we hear of the extinction of an organic being; and as we do not see the cause, we invoke cataclysms to desolate the world, or invent laws on the duration of the forms of life! Picture Quote #1

If worms have the power of acquiring some notion, however rude, of the shape of an object and over their burrows, as seems the case, they deserve to be called intelligent; for they act in nearly the same manner as would man under similar circumstances Picture Quote #1

It is not the conscience which raises a blush, for a man may sincerely regret some slight fault committed in solitude, or he may suffer the deepest remorse for an undetected crime, but he will not blush... It is not the sense of guilt, but the thought that others think or know us to be guilty which crimsons the face Picture Quote #1

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There is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery (Charles Darwin Quotes) I have at least, as I hope, done good service in aiding to overthrow the dogma of separate creations (Charles Darwin Quotes) Only picture to yourself a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, and books and music (Charles Darwin Quotes) It may be conceit, but I believe the subject will interest the public, and I am sure that the views are original (Charles Darwin Quotes) With mammals the male appears to win the female much more through the law of battle than through the display of his charms (Charles Darwin Quotes) When the sexes differ in beauty, in the power of singing, or in producing what I have called instrumental music, it is almost invariably the male which excels the female (Charles Darwin Quotes) At no time am I a quick thinker or writer: whatever I have done in science has solely been by long pondering, patience and industry (Charles Darwin Quotes) From the first dawn of life, all organic beings are found to resemble each other in descending degrees, so that they can be classed in groups under groups. This classification is evidently not arbitrary like the grouping of stars in constellations (Charles Darwin Quotes) I was a young man with uninformed ideas. I threw out queries, suggestions, wondering all the time over everything; and to my astonishment the ideas took like wildfire. People made a religion of them (Charles Darwin Quotes) Attention, if sudden and close, graduates into surprise; and this into astonishment; and this into stupefied amazement (Charles Darwin Quotes) It is scarcely possible to doubt that the love of man has become instinctive in the dog (Charles Darwin Quotes) The world will not be inherited by the strongest, it will be inherited by those most able to change (Charles Darwin Quotes) It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself (Charles Darwin Quotes) If I had not been so great an invalid, I should not have done so much as I have accomplished (Charles Darwin Quotes) It may be doubted that there are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world as have these lowly organized creatures (Charles Darwin Quotes) Great is the power of steady misrepresentation; but the history of science shows that fortunately this power does not long endure (Charles Darwin Quotes) It is easy to specify the individual objects of admiration in these grand scenes; but it is not possible to give an adequate idea of the higher feelings of wonder, astonishment, and devotion, which fill and elevate the mind (Charles Darwin Quotes) I have deeply regretted that I did not proceed far enough at least to understand something of the great leading principles of mathematics, for men thus endowed seem to have an extra sense (Charles Darwin Quotes) Worms have played a more important part in the history of the world than humans would at first suppose (Charles Darwin Quotes) I can remember the very spot in the road, whilst in my carriage, when to my joy the solution occurred to me (Charles Darwin Quotes) My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts, but why this should have caused the atrophy of that part of the brain that alone on which the higher tastes depend, I cannot conceive. A man with a mind more highly organised or better constituted than mine would not, I suppose, have thus suffered, and if I had to live my life over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week; for perhaps the parts of my brain now atrophied would thus have been kept alive through use (Charles Darwin Quotes) Owing to this struggle for life, any variation, however slight and from whatever cause proceeding, if it be in any degree profitable to an individual of any species, in its infinitely complex relationship to other organic beings and to external nature, will tend to the preservation of that individual, and will generally be inherited by its offspring (Charles Darwin Quotes) There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved (Charles Darwin Quotes) One day, on tearing off some old bark, I saw two rare beetles, and seized one in each hand. Then I saw a third and new kind, which I could not bear to lose, so I popped the one which I held in my right hand into my mouth. Alas! it ejected some intensely acrid fluid, which burnt my tongue so that I was forced to spit the beetle out, which was lost, as was the third one (Charles Darwin Quotes) To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I confess, absurd in the highest degree... The difficulty of believing that a perfect and complex eye could be formed by natural selection, though insuperable by our imagination, should not be considered subversive of the theory (Charles Darwin Quotes) As man advances in civilization, and small tribes are united into larger communities, the simplest reason would tell each individual that he ought to extend his social instincts and sympathies to all members of the same nation, though personally unknown to him. This point being once reached, there is only an artificial barrier to prevent his sympathies extending to the men of all nations and races (Charles Darwin Quotes) I think it inevitably follows, that as new species in the course of time are formed through natural selection, others will become rarer and rarer, and finally extinct. The forms which stand in closest competition with those undergoing modification and improvement will naturally suffer most (Charles Darwin Quotes) Nevertheless so profound is our ignorance, and so high our presumption, that we marvel when we hear of the extinction of an organic being; and as we do not see the cause, we invoke cataclysms to desolate the world, or invent laws on the duration of the forms of life! (Charles Darwin Quotes) If worms have the power of acquiring some notion, however rude, of the shape of an object and over their burrows, as seems the case, they deserve to be called intelligent; for they act in nearly the same manner as would man under similar circumstances (Charles Darwin Quotes) It is not the conscience which raises a blush, for a man may sincerely regret some slight fault committed in solitude, or he may suffer the deepest remorse for an undetected crime, but he will not blush... It is not the sense of guilt, but the thought that others think or know us to be guilty which crimsons the face (Charles Darwin Quotes)

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