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    For my own part I am persuaded that everything advances by an
    unchangeable law through the eternal constitution and association
    of latent causes, which have been long before predestined.
    [Lat., Equidem aeterna constitutione crediderim nexuque causarum
    atentium et multo ante destinatarum suum quemque ordinem
    immutabili lege percurrere.]

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The expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer of the Survival
of the Fittest is more accurate, and is read more

The expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer of the Survival
of the Fittest is more accurate, and is sometimes equally
convenient.

by Charles R. Darwin Found in: Evolution Quotes,
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A mighty stream of tendency.

A mighty stream of tendency.

by William Hazlitt Found in: Evolution Quotes,
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Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and
accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the read more

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and
accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe
loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to
make new things like them.

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When you were a tadpole, and I was a fish,
In the Palaeozoic time,
And side by read more

When you were a tadpole, and I was a fish,
In the Palaeozoic time,
And side by side in the sluggish tide
We sprawled in the ooze and slime.

by Langdon Smith Found in: Evolution Quotes,
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I have called this principle, by which, each slight variation, if
useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural read more

I have called this principle, by which, each slight variation, if
useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.

by Charles R. Darwin Found in: Evolution Quotes,
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And hear the mighty stream of tendency
Uttering, for elevation of our thought,
A clear sonorous voice, read more

And hear the mighty stream of tendency
Uttering, for elevation of our thought,
A clear sonorous voice, inaudible
To the vast multitude.

by William Wordsworth Found in: Evolution Quotes,
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Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as a properly scientific subject at read more

Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as a properly scientific subject at all. This claim is rhetorical nonsense.

by Stephen Jay Gould Found in: Evolution Quotes,
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Promise yourself to live your life as a revolution and not just a process of evolution.

Promise yourself to live your life as a revolution and not just a process of evolution.

by Anthony J. D'angelo Found in: Evolution Quotes,
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The stream of tendency in which all things seek to fulfill the
law of their being.

The stream of tendency in which all things seek to fulfill the
law of their being.

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