“It has been generally the custom of writers on natural history to take the habits and instincts of animals as the fixed point, and to consider their structure and organization as specially adapted to be in accordance with them.Quote by Alfred Russel WallaceTopics: Quotes about Alfred Russel WallaceShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
In all works on Natural History, we constantly find details of the marvellous adaptation of...#Alfred Russel Wallace
What we need are not prohibitory marriage laws, but a reformed society, an educated public...#Alfred Russel Wallace
But naturalists are now beginning to look beyond this, and to see that there must...#Alfred Russel Wallace
There is, I conceive, no contradiction in believing that mind is at once the cause...#Alfred Russel Wallace
What birds can have their bills more peculiarly formed than the ibis, the spoonbill, and...#Alfred Russel Wallace
Truth is born into this world only with pangs and tribulations, and every fresh truth...#Alfred Russel Wallace
