"Evolution is a blind giant who rolls a snowball down a hill. The ball is made of flakes—circumstances. They contribute to the mass without knowing it....

Darwin abolished special creations, contributed the Origin of Species and hitched all life together in one unbroken procession.
~ Mark Twain ~












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"Evolution is the law of policies: Darwin said it, Socrates endorsed it, Cuvier proved it and established it for all time in his paper on 'The Survival...
"I have been scientifically studying the traits and dispositions of the “lower animals” (so-called,) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositi...
"Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
"If a cat sits on a hot stove, that cat won't sit on a hot stove again. That cat won't sit on a cold stove either. That cat just don't like stoves.
"Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
"Adam is fading out. It is on account of Darwin and that crowd. I can see that he is not going to last much longer. There's a plenty of signs. He is ge...
"What is Man? Man is a noisome bacillus whom Our Heavenly Father created because he was disappointed in the monkey.
"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
"The poorest paid architect, engineer, general, author, sculptor, painter, lecturer, advocate, legislator, actor, preacher, singer is constructively in...
"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
"Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
"Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.