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Quotation from On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
“Nothing is easier than to admit in words the truth of the universal struggle for life, or more difficult—at least I have found it so—than constantly to bear this conclusion in mind”
On the Origin of Species, Chapter III
Darwin warns readers that natural selection requires a disciplined change of scale.
Citation: "Nothing is easier than to admit in words the truth of the universal struggle for life, or more difficult—at least I have found it so—than constantly to bear this conclusion in mind" — Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species, Chapter III. (id on-the-origin-of-species-q1)
Portrait: Origin of Species title page, John Murray, Publisher, Public domain.
