I have just finished my 'Origin,' and am now going to be a hermit for the rest of my life.
Theory of evolution
From a letter to Asa Gray, expressing exhaustion after publishing his magnum opus.
1859
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"The fact that I can't remember anything from the first three years of my life is no proof that I wasn't an embryo then."
Humorous"To kill an error is as good a service as to establish a new truth."
Strange & Unusual"A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections – a mere heart of stone."
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Humorous"Man in his arrogance thinks himself a great work, worthy of the interposition of a deity. More humble and I believe truer to consider him created from animals."
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