It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but rather the one most adaptable to change.

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As quoted in Improving the Quality of Life for the Black Elderly: Challenges and Opportunities : Hearing before the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, first session, September 25, 1987 (1988)

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This quote's earliest known source is from Leon C. Megginson (see Charles Darwin)

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