Reflections of a Darwin

                                                                   
                                                                   Charles Darwin




If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

Man tends to increase at a greater rate than his means of subsistence.

How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.

A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

A monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.

A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections in his professional life,-a mere heart of stone.

Charles Darwin (1809-1882)