Quote of Charles Darwin - It is not the strongest of...
Biography - Charles Darwin:
English naturalist.
Born: 1809 - Died: 1882
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
Born: 1809 - Died: 1882
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.
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(German, French)
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Quotes about strength:
On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.
There are two ways of contesting, the one by the law, the other by force; the first method is proper to men, the second to beasts.
Quotes about change:
If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
Quotes about intelligence:
To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Charles Darwin also said...
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