Charles Darwin
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The Origin of Species
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We must bear in mind that the entire universe is not only governed by laws but also shaped by the interplay of chance.
The struggle for existence is the most important factor in the evolution of species.
The greater the number of individuals, the greater is the chance of variation.
I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not the exclusive means of modification.
There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having originally been originally breathed into a few forms or into one.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
As far as we can judge, the forms of life are not immutable.
Natural selection, or the survival of the fittest, is the process by which evolution occurs.
In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.