Charles Darwin

"I have steadily endeavored to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and I cannot resist forming one on every subject), as soon as the facts are shown to be opposed to it."

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Source: Dow 36,000. Book by James K. Glassman, Kevin A. Hassett, www.cnn.com. September 14, 1999.

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Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin

Naturalist, Geologist

Charles Darwin was a naturalist whose theory of evolution through natural selection, outlined in 'On the Origin of Species', transformed biology.

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