Alfred Russel Wallace Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Alfred Russel Wallace quotes and sayings page 2 (scientist). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 22 we have.
“Truth is born into this world only with pangs and tribulations, and every fresh truth is received unwillingly.”
“Civilisation has ever accompanied emigration and conquest - the conflict of opinion, of religion, or of race.”
“I have since wandered among men of many races and many religions.”
“What birds can have their bills more peculiarly formed than the ibis, the spoonbill, and the heron?”
“I hold with Henry George, that at the back of every great social evil will be found a great political wrong.”
“To say that mind is a product or function of protoplasm, or of its molecular changes, is to use words to which we can attach no clear conception.”
“What we need are not prohibitory marriage laws, but a reformed society, an educated public opinion which will teach individual duty in these matters.”
“As well might it be said that, because we are ignorant of the laws by which metals are produced and trees developed, we cannot know anything of the origin of steamships and railways.”
“I am decidedly of the opinion that in very many instances we can trace such a necessary connexion, especially among birds, and often with more complete success than in the case which I have here attempted to explain.”
“In all works on Natural History, we constantly find details of the marvellous adaptation of animals to their food, their habits, and the localities in which they are found.”
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