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We fancied even that the bushes smelt unpleasantly.
Charles Darwin
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Charles Darwin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1809
Born: February 12
Died: 1882
Died: April 19
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Among the scenes which are deeply impressed on my mind, none exceed in sublimity the primeval [tropical] forests, ... temples filled with the varied productions of the God of Nature. No one can stand in these solitudes unmoved, and not feel that there is more in man than the mere breath of his body.
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Disbelief crept over me at a very slow rate, but at last it was complete.
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Life is nearly over with me. I have taken no pains about my style of writing.
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Farewell Australia! You ... are too great and ambitious for affection, yet not great enough for respect. I leave your shores without sorrow or regret.
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Thomson's views on the recent age of the world have been for some time one of my sorest troubles.
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The moral faculties are generally and justly esteemed as of higher value than the intellectual powers.
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