Great is the power of steady misrepresentation; but the history of science shows that fortunately this power does not long endure.

The survival or preservation of certain favoured words in the struggle for existence is natural selection.

Man scans with scrupulous care the character and pedigree of his horses, cattle, and dogs before he matches them; but when he comes to his own marriage he rarely, or never, takes any such care.

A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question." Charles Darwin

He who understands baboon would do more towards metaphysics than Locke.

Our faculties are more fitted to recognize the wonderful structure of a beetle than a Universe.

...I have always maintained that, excepting fools, men did not differ much in intellect, only in zeal and hard work; and I still think there is an eminently important difference.