I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.

Quote by Charles Darwin

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Animals, whom we have made our slaves, we do not like to consider our equal.

Animals, whom we have made our slaves, we do not like to consider our equal.

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...

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?...

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that...

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that...

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,...

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...

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and...

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and...

I fully subscribe to the judgement of those writers who maintain that of all the...

I fully subscribe to the judgement of those writers who maintain that of all the...

-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 love fools' experiments. I am always making them.

I love fools' experiments. I am always making them.

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...

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. (Ecclesiastes 9:11)

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. (Ecclesiastes 9:11)

To win a race, the swiftness of a dart availeth not without a timely start.

To win a race, the swiftness of a dart availeth not without a timely start.