False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness.

Quote by Charles Darwin

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It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject...

It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject...

On the ordinary view of each species having been independently created, we gain no scientific...

On the ordinary view of each species having been independently created, we gain no scientific...

We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universes, to be governed...

We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universes, to be governed...

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than,...

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than,...

I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts and grinding out conclusions.

I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts and grinding out conclusions.

In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate...

In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate...

A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus...

An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus...

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but...

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but...

-The highest stage in moral ure at which we can arrive is when we recognize...

-The highest stage in moral ure at which we can arrive is when we recognize...

I have tried lately to read Shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it...

I have tried lately to read Shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it...

At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of...

At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of...

A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and...

A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and...

False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long;...

False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long;...

How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.

How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.

It is generally admitted that with woman the powers of intuition, of rapid perception and...

It is generally admitted that with woman the powers of intuition, of rapid perception and...

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value...

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value...

Why then is not every geological formation and every stratum full of such intermediate links?...

Why then is not every geological formation and every stratum full of such intermediate links?...

Since evolution became fashionable, the glorification of Man has taken a new form.

Since evolution became fashionable, the glorification of Man has taken a new form.

To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to...

To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to...