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

Quote by Charles Darwin

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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...

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...

We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble...

We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble...

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.

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.

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...

I was a young man with uninformed ideas. I threw out queries, suggestions, wondering all...

I was a young man with uninformed ideas. I threw out queries, suggestions, wondering all...

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

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 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...

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...

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...

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out...

My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out...

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.

The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to...

The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to...

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...

Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits.

Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits.

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

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

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.