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A dog might as well speculate on the mind of Newton. Let each man hope and believe what he can. - [Belief] Every new body of discovery is mathematical in form, because there is no other guidance we can have. - "Mathematical Maxims and Minims" edited by N. Rose [Discovery] Mathematics seems to endow one with something like a new sense. - "Mathematical Maxims and Minims" edited by N. Rose [Mathematics] I have called this principle, by which, each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection. - The Origin of Species (ch. III) [Evolution] The expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer of the Survival of the Fittest is more accurate, and is sometimes equally convenient. - The Origin of Species (ch. III) [Evolution]
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