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

Quote by Charles Darwin

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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.

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...

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for...

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for...

For myself," he wrote, "I do not believe in any revelation. As for a future...

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...

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;...

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 scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of...

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, - a mere heart of...

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...

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.

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...

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,...

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;...

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at...

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at...

-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...

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,...

This above all; to thine own self be true.

This above all; to thine own self be true.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective,...

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective,...