For my own part I would as soon be descended from that heroic little monkey, who braved his dreaded enemy in order to save the life of his keeper; or from that old baboon, who, descending from the mountains, carried away in triumph his young comrade from a crowd of astonished dogs—as from a savage who delights to torture his enemies, offers up bloody sacrifices, practices infanticide without remorse, treats his wives like slaves, knows no decency, and is haunted by the grossest superstitions.
Charles DarwinTags: man humanity belief evolution superstition humans sacrifice torture slavery apes great-apes ape preference great-ape
In the distant future I see open fields for far more important researches. Psychology will be based on a new foundation, that of the necessary acquirement of each mental power and capacity by gradation. Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history.
Charles DarwinTags: science biology history light psychology evolution research charles-darwin darwin natural-selection capacity important foundation mental-power origin human-evolution gradation origin-of-man
[Alexander von Humboldt was the] greatest scientific traveller who ever lived.
Charles DarwinTags: science admiration honor praise alexander-humboldt alexander-von-humboldt humboldt
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