What a book a devils chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature! – Charles Darwin
To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact. – Charles Darwin
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. – Charles Darwin
A mans friendships are one of the best measures of his worth. – Charles Darwin
In winter there is no heat, no light, no noon, evening touches morning, there is fog, and mist, the window is frosted, and you cannot see clearly. The sky is but the mouth of a cave. The whole day is the cave…. Frightful season! Winter changes into stone the water of heaven and the heart of man. – Victor Hugo, Les Misérables: Fantine, translated from French by Chas. E. Wi