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Great is the power of steady misrepresentation but the history of science shows that fortunately this power does not long endure.
Charles Darwin
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Charles Darwin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1809
Born: February 12
Died: 1882
Died: April 19
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The Times is getting more detestable (but that is too weak word) than ever.
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In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.
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The formation of different languages and of distinct species and the proofs that both have been developed through a gradual process, are curiously parallel.
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