Nothing is easier than to admit in words the truth of the universal struggle for life, or more difficult--at least I have found it so--than constantly to bear this conclusion in mind.
("The Origin of Species")
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The explanation of types of structure in classes - as resulting from the will of the Deity, to create animals on certain plans - is no explanation. It has not the character of a physical law and is therefore utterly useless. It foretells nothing because we know nothing of the will of the Deity, how it acts and whether constant or inconstant like that of man.
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To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.
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The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
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