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It would be folly to think a few centuries could subdue humanity's inborn cosmic nature to ethical ends
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- Thomas Henry Huxley English biologist and advocate of Darwin's theory (1825 to 1895)
Moreover, the cosmic nature born with us and, to a large extent, necessary for our maintenance, is the outcome of millions of years of severe training, and it would be folly to imagine that a few centuries will suffice to subdue its masterfulness to purely ethical ends.
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↗Evolution and Ethics: Prolegomena and Romanes Lecture (1893-1894)gutenberg.org
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