The belief in God has often been advanced as not only the greatest but the most complete of all the distinctions between man and the lower animals. It is, however, impossible to maintain that this belief is instinctive in man.…

Quote by Charles Darwin

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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.

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

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;...

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

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

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...

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...

What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and...

What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and...

Why then is not every geological formation and every stratum full of such intermediate links?...

Why then is not every geological formation and every stratum full of such intermediate links?...

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...

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...

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...

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

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must...

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.