Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.

Quote by Charles Darwin

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I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by...

I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by...

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...

Man tends to increase at a greater rate than his means of subsistence.

Man tends to increase at a greater rate than his means of subsistence.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

The belief in God has often been advanced as not only the greatest but the...

The belief in God has often been advanced as not only the greatest but the...

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...

-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 cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic...

I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic...

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 woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart.

A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart.

After a few years of marriage a man can look right at a woman without...

After a few years of marriage a man can look right at a woman without...