Charles Darwin

...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is read more

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

The presence of a body of well-instructed men, who have not to labor for their daily bread, is important to read more

The presence of a body of well-instructed men, who have not to labor for their daily bread, is important to a degree which cannot be overestimated; as all high intellectual work is carried on by them, and on such work material progress of all kinds mainly depends, not to mention other and higher advantages.

I love fools experiments. I am always making them.

I love fools experiments. I am always making them.

At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, read more

At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world