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Alfred Russel Wallace Quotes

Alfred Russel Wallace quotes

British Scientist January 8, 1823 – November 7, 1913

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Alfred Russel Wallace quote: "In my solitude I have pondered much on the incomprehensible..."
In my solitude I have pondered much on the incomprehensible subjects of space, eternity, life and death. Alfred Russel Wallace
But naturalists are now beginning to look beyond this, and to see that there must be some other principle regulating the infinitely varied forms of animal life. Alfred Russel Wallace
I spent, as you know, a year and a half in a clergyman's family and heard almost every Tuesday the very best, most earnest and most impressive preacher it has ever been my fortune to meet with, but it produced no effect whatever on my mind. Alfred Russel Wallace
Our mastery over the forces of nature has led to a rapid growth of population, and a vast accumulation of wealth; but these have brought with them such an amount of poverty and crime, and have fostered the growth of so much sordid feeling and so many fierce passions, that it may well be questioned, whether the mental and moral status of our population has not on the average been lowered, and whether the evil has not overbalanced the good. Alfred Russel Wallace
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. Alfred Russel Wallace
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. Alfred Russel Wallace
On the spiritual theory, man consists essentially of a spiritual nature or mind intimately associated with a spiritual body or soul, both of which are developed in and by means of a material organism. Alfred Russel Wallace
What we need are not prohibitory marriage laws, but a reformed society, an educated public opinion which will teach individual duty in these matters. Alfred Russel Wallace
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. Alfred Russel Wallace
It has been generally the custom of writers on natural history to take the habits and instincts of animals as the fixed point, and to consider their structure and organization as specially adapted to be in accordance with them. Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace quote: "Modification of form is admitted to be a matter of time."
Modification of form is admitted to be a matter of time. Alfred Russel Wallace
To expect the world to receive a new truth, or even an old truth, without challenging it, is to look for one of those miracles which do not occur. Alfred Russel Wallace
If this is not done, future ages will certainly look back upon us as a people so immersed in the pursuit of wealth as to be blind to higher considerations. Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace quote: "To the mass of mankind religion of some kind is a necessity."
To the mass of mankind religion of some kind is a necessity. Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace quote: "I am thankful I can see much to admire in all religions."
I am thankful I can see much to admire in all religions. Alfred Russel Wallace

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