All Alfred Russel Wallace Quotes
The foregoing considerations lead us to the very important conclusion, that matter is essentially force, and nothing but force; that matter, as popularly understood, does not exist, and is, in fact, philosophically inconceivable.
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Truth is born into this world only with pangs and tribulations, and every fresh truth is received unwillingly.
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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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I have since wandered among men of many races and many religions.
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What we need are not prohibitory marriage laws, but a reformed society, an educated public opinion which will teach individual duty in these matters.
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There is, I conceive, no contradiction in believing that mind is at once the cause of matter and of the development of individualised human minds through the agency of matter.
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What birds can have their bills more peculiarly formed than the ibis, the spoonbill, and the heron?
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