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On the ordinary view of each species having been independently created, we gain no scientific explanation.
Charles Darwin
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Charles Darwin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1809
Born: February 12
Died: 1882
Died: April 19
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I often had to run very quickly to be on time, and from being a fleet runner was generally successful but when in doubt I prayed earnestly to God to help me, and I well remember that I attributed my success to the prayers and not to my quick running, and marvelled how generally I was aided.
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Man, wonderful man, must collapse, into nature's cauldron, he is no deity, he is no exception.
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Building a better mousetrap merely results in smarter mice.
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He who understands baboon would do more towards metaphysics than Locke.
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Man in his arrogance thinks himself a great work, worthy the interposition of a great deity. More humble and I believe true to consider him created from animals.
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If I had not been so great an invalid, I should not have done so much as I have accomplished.
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