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The moral faculties are generally and justly esteemed as of higher value than the intellectual powers.
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 am dying by inches, from not having any body to talk to about insects.
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In regard to the amount of difference between the races, we must make some allowance for our nice powers of discrimination gained by a long habit of observing ourselves.
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