On the ordinary view of each species having been independently created, we gain no scientific explanation.

Quote by Charles Darwin

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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.

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.

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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 problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while...

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while...

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give...

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give...

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself.

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself.

So long as the mother, Ignorance, lives, it is not safe for Science, the offspring,...

So long as the mother, Ignorance, lives, it is not safe for Science, the offspring,...

The desire to know and to understand are themselves connotative, i.e. have a striving character,...

The desire to know and to understand are themselves connotative, i.e. have a striving character,...

Science is analytical, descriptive, informative. Man does not live by bread alone, but by science...

Science is analytical, descriptive, informative. Man does not live by bread alone, but by science...