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Quotes from The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Francis Darwin

1848–1925 England

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There seems to be one quality of mind which seems to be of special and extreme advantage in leading him to make discoveries. It was the power of never letting exceptions go unnoticed.

The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin (1887)

The love of experiment was very strong in him, and I can remember the way he would say, "I shan't be easy till I have tried it," as if an outside force were driving him. He enjoyed experimenting much more than work which only entailed reasoning, and when he was engaged on one of his books which required argument and the marshalling of facts, he felt experimental work to be a rest or holiday.

The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin (1887)

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