Charles Darwin Quotes Slideshow

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A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others.
-Charles Darwin
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It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
-Charles Darwin
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The highest stage in moral culture at which we can arrive is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
-Charles Darwin
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A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life
-Charles Darwin
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I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men
-Charles Darwin
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The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.
-Charles Darwin
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I love fools' experiments. I am always making them.
-Charles Darwin
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We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.
-Charles Darwin
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Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits.
-Charles Darwin
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A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.
-Charles Darwin
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It has been a bitter mortification for me to digest the conclusion that the 'race is for the strong' and that I shall probably do little more but be content to admire the strides others made in science.
-Charles Darwin
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Without speculation there is no good and original observation.
-Charles Darwin
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a scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, -- a mere heart of stone
-Charles Darwin
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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.
-Charles Darwin
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