I have just finished my 'Origin,' and am now going to be a hermit for the rest of my life.
Theory of evolution
From a letter to Asa Gray, expressing exhaustion after publishing his magnum opus.
1859
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"I have been much struck by the fact that the more I have read about the subject, the less I have understood it."
Humorous"But I am very poorly today & very stupid & I hate everybody & everything. One lives only to make blunders."
Strange & Unusual"My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts."
Strange & Unusual"Ultimately, the universe must be the outcome of chance."
Strange & Unusual"I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved, as soon as facts are shown to be opposed to it."
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