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“A language, like a species, when extinct, never... reappears.”

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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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“As natural selection works solely by and for the good of each being, all corporeal and mental endowments will tend to progress toward perfection.”

Natural Progress Perfection Selection Natural Selection Endowment Origin Of Species

Book:On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life

Source: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life

“A republic cannot succeed, till it contains a certain body of men imbued with the principles of justice and honour.”

Men Body Certain Justice Principles Succeed Republic Honour Natural Selection

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Charles Darwin (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Charles Darwin (Illustrated)

“Mere chance ... alone would never account for so habitual and large an amount of difference as that between varieties of the same species.”

Differences Chance Amount Accounts Mere Species Variety Habitual Origin Of Species

Book:Evolutionary Writings: including the Autobiographies

Source: Evolutionary Writings: including the Autobiographies

“There are several other sources of enjoyment in a long voyage, which are of a more reasonable nature. The map of the world ceases to be a blank; it becomes a picture full of the most varied and animated figures.”

World Long Figures Source Cease Enjoyment Reasonable Maps Blank Animated Voyages

Book:Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary

Source: Charles Darwin's Beagle Diary

“Although much remains obscure, and will long remain obscure, ... I am convinced that Natural Selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification.”

Mean Long Has Beens Natural Remains Convinced Obscure Selection Exclusive Natural Selection Modification

Book:The Annotated Origin: A Facsimile of the First Edition of On the Origin of Species

Source: The Annotated Origin: A Facsimile of the First Edition of On the Origin of Species

“It may be doubted whether any character can be named which is distinctive of a race and is constant.”

May Character Race Constant Doubted Distinctive

Book:The Descent of Man (Diversion Classics)

Source: The Descent of Man (Diversion Classics)

“[T]he young and the old of widely different races, both with man and animals, express the same state of mind by the same movements.”

Men Mind Different States Young Animal Race Movement State Of Mind Different Races

Book:The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 23: The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

Source: The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 23: The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

“I hate a Barnacle as no man ever did before, not even a Sailor in a slow-sailing ship.”

Men Hate I Hate Ships Sailing Sailor Sailing Ships Barnacles

Book:On the Origin of Species

Source: On the Origin of Species

“I am almost convinced (quite contrary to opinion I started with) that species are not (it is like confessing a murder) immutable.”

Opinion Murder Species Convinced Contrary Confessing Origin Of Species Struggle For Existence

Book:The Annotated Origin: A Facsimile of the First Edition of On the Origin of Species

Source: The Annotated Origin: A Facsimile of the First Edition of On the Origin of Species

“It seems to me absurd to doubt that a man may be an ardent Theist and an evolutionist. ... I have never been an atheist in the sense of denying the existence of a God.”

Men May Seems Existence Doubt Atheist Absurd Ardent Theist

Author:Charles Darwin