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There is a grandeur in this view of life, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful are being evolved
Charles Darwin
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Charles Darwin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1809
Born: February 12
Died: 1882
Died: April 19
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Wherever the European has trod, death seems to pursue the aboriginal.
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To my deep mortification my father once said to me, You care for nothing but shooting, dogs, and rat-catching, and you will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family.
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My books have sold largely in England, have been translated into many languages, and passed through several editions in foreign countries. I have heard it said that the success of a work abroad is the best test of its enduring value. I doubt whether this is at all trustworthy but judged by this standard my name ought to last for a few years.
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The Times is getting more detestable (but that is too weak word) than ever.
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Often a cold shudder has run through me, and I have asked myself whether I may have not devoted myself to a fantasy.
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If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.
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It seems to me absurd to doubt that a man may be an ardent Theist and an evolutionist. ... I have never been an atheist in the sense of denying the existence of a God.
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I have deeply regretted that I did not proceed far enough at least to understand something of the great leading principles of mathematics, for men thus endowed seem to have an extra sense.
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