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“To say that mind is a product or function of protoplasm, or of its molecular changes, is to use words to which we can attach no clear conception”

Quote by Alfred Russel Wallace

Book:Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection: A Series of Essays

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Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection: A Series of Essays

This book is a compilation of essays that delve into the concepts and principles of natural selection, a fundamental theory in the field of biology. more

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Alfred Russel Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace was a British naturalist renowned for his contributions to the theory of evolution. He independently proposed the theory of natural selection during his explorations in South America, sharing the honor of evolutionary theory with Charles Darwin. Wallace also conducted extensive research in entomology, botany, and geography. more

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“There is, I conceive, no contradiction in believing that mind is at once the cause of matter and of the development of individualised human minds through the agency of matter”

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Book:Alfred Russel Wallace: An Anthology of His Shorter Writings

Source: Alfred Russel Wallace: An Anthology of His Shorter Writings

“What birds can have their bills more peculiarly formed than the ibis, the spoonbill, and the heron?”

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Book:Travels on the Amazon

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“Civilisation has ever accompanied emigration and conquest - the conflict of opinion, of religion, or of race”

Religion Race Opinion Conflict Conquest Civilisation Emigration

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“On the spiritual theory, man consists essentially of a spiritual nature or mind intimately associated with a spiritual body or soul, both of which are developed in and by means of a material organism”

Men Mind Mean Soul Body Spiritual Materials Theory Organisms Spiritual Nature

Book:Writings on evolution, 1843-1912

Source: Writings on evolution, 1843-1912

“Modification of form is admitted to be a matter of time”

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Author:Alfred Russel Wallace

“What we need are not prohibitory marriage laws, but a reformed society, an educated public opinion which will teach individual duty in these matters”

Needs Matter Law Individual Marriage Opinion Teach Duty Educated Public Opinion

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“To the mass of mankind religion of some kind is a necessity”

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Book:Infinite Tropics: An Alfred Russel Wallace Anthology

Source: Infinite Tropics: An Alfred Russel Wallace Anthology

“I hold with Henry George, that at the back of every great social evil will be found a great political wrong”

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“As well might it be said that, because we are ignorant of the laws by which metals are produced and trees developed, we cannot know anything of the origin of steamships and railways”

Knows Wells Said Might Law Tree Ignorant Metals Railway

Book:Infinite Tropics: An Alfred Russel Wallace Anthology

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“Branches or types are characterized by the plan of their structure, Classes, by the manner in which that plan is executed, as far as ways and means are concerned, Orders, by the degrees of complication of that structure, Families, by their form, as far as determined by structure, Genera, by the details of the execution in special parts, and Species, by the relations of individuals to one another and to the world in which they live, as well as by the proportions of their parts, their ornamentation, etc.”

Source: Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America: pt. I. Essay on classification. pt. II. North American Testudinata. 1857