What Charles Darwin thinks about solar
British naturalist (1809 to 1882), born in Shrewsbury; sailed as naturalist on the five-year voyage of HMS Beagle from 1831; author of On the Origin of Species.
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1 dated position, c. 1871–1874, in their own words. Our reading of what Charles Darwin has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingDespite all their noble qualities, humans still bear in their bodies the stamp of a lowly origin
Their wordsWe must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities, with sympathy which feels for the most debased, with benevolence which extends not only to other men but to the humblest living creature, with his god-like intellect which has penetrated into the movements and constitution of the solar system—with all these exalted powers—Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.
↗The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (second edition, 1874)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book