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Quote by Charles Darwin

“I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts and grinding out conclusions.”

Quote by Charles Darwin

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Charles Darwin, a British naturalist, is renowned as the founder of evolutionary biology. Born on February 12, 1809, in England, he passed away on April 19, 1882. Darwin is best known for his research on the theory of evolution, which proposed that species evolve through natural selection and survival of the fittest. more

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