I Feel Like An Old

One General Law, Leading To The Advancement Of All Organic Beings, Namely, Multiply, Vary, Let The Strongest Live And The Weakest Die.

It Is Scarcely Possible To Doubt That The Love Of Man Has Become Instinctive In The Dog.

Endless Forms Most Beautiful And Most Wonderful Have Been, And Are Being Evolved

I Worked On True Baconian Principles, And Without Any Theory Collected Facts.

It Occurred To Me, In 1837, That Something Might Perhaps Be Made Of This Question (the Origin Of The Species) By Patiently Accumulating And Reflecting On All Sorts Of Facts Which Could Possibly Have Any Bearing On It