The formation of different languages and of distinct species and the proofs that both have been developed through a gradual process, are curiously parallel.
Charles DarwinSympathy for the lowest animals is one of the noblest virtues with which man is endowed.
Charles DarwinI conclude that the musical notes and rhythms were first acquired by the male or female progenitors of mankind for the sake of charming the opposite sex.
Charles DarwinThe tree of life should perhaps be called the coral of life, base of branches dead; so that passages cannot be seen-this again offers contradiction to constant succession of germs in progress.
Charles Darwin