The 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.

It is a fatal fault to reason whilst observing, though so necessary beforehand and so useful afterwards.

The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.

I fully subscribe to the judgement of those writers who maintain that of all the differences between man and the lower animal, the moral sense of conscience is by far the most important....It is the most noble of all the attributes of man.

The moral faculties are generally esteemed, and with justice, as of higher value than the intellectual powers. But we should always bear in mind that the activity of the mind in vividly recalling past impressions is one of the fundamental though secondary bases of conscience. This fact affords the strongest argument for educating and stimulating in all possible ways the intellectual faculties of every human being.

There is a grandeur in this view of life, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful are being evolved

Much love much trial, but what an utter desert is life without love.