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«We will now discuss in a little more detail the struggle for existence.»
«The chief distinction in the intellectual powers of the two sexes is shown by man attaining to a higher eminence, in whatever he takes up, than woman can attain - whether requiring deep thought, reason, or imagination, or merely the use of the senses»
Author: Charles Darwin
(Author, Naturalist)
| Keywords:
attaining, Deep Thought, eminence, requiring, sexes
«The expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer of the Survival of the Fittest is more accurate, and is sometimes equally convenient.»
Author: Charles Darwin
(Author, Naturalist)
| Keywords:
accurate, convenient, fittest, Herbert, Herbert Spencer, Spencer, survival of the fittest
«Why then is not every geological formation and every stratum full of such intermediate links? Geology assuredly does not reveal any such fine graduated organic chain; and this, perhaps, is the most obvious and serious objection which can be urged against the theory.»
«The most powerful natural species are those that adapt to environmental change without losing their fundamental identity which gives them their competitive advantage.»
«I am not the least afraid to die.»
«It is so easy to hide our ignorance under such expressions as the 'plan of creation,' 'unity of design,' etc..»
«I am quite conscious that my speculations run beyond the bounds of true science. It is a mere rag of an hypothesis with as many flaws and holes as sound parts.»
«The explanation of types of structure in classes - as resulting from the will of the Deity, to create animals on certain plans - is no explanation. It has not the character of a physical law and is therefore utterly useless. It foretells nothing because we know nothing of the will of the Deity, how it acts and whether constant or inconstant like that of man.»
«[The wedge document calls the proposition that human beings are created in the image of God] one of the bedrock principles on which Western civilization is built. ... not as moral and spiritual beings, but as animals or machines who inhabited a universe ruled by purely impersonal forces and whose behavior and very thoughts were dictated by the unbending forces of biology, chemistry and environment.»
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