Charles Darwin quote: The limit of man s knowledge in any subject possesses a high interest which is perhaps increased by its close ...

The limit of man s knowledge in any subject possesses a high interest which is perhaps increased by its close neighbourhood to the realms of imagination.

~ Charles Darwin ~

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