Everything in nature is the result of fixed laws.
Charles DarwinRead
Wherever the European has trod, death seems to pursue the aboriginal.
Interpretation
Darwin highlights the negative impact of European colonization on indigenous populations.
In this quote, Charles Darwin reflects on the consequences of European expansion and colonization, suggesting that it often leads to the demise of indigenous peoples. The imagery of death pursuing aboriginal populations emphasizes the destructive nature of such encounters, where the cultural and physical existence of native communities is threatened by outside influences and aggression.
In practice
In a discussion about the effects of colonization on indigenous cultures.
Everything in nature is the result of fixed laws.
The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
I am quite conscious that my speculations run beyond the bounds of true science....It is a mere rag of an hypothesis with as many flaw[s] & holes as sound parts.
We cannot fathom the marvelous complexity of an organic being; but on the hypothesis here advanced this complexity is much increased. Each living creature must be looked at as a microcosm--a little universe, formed of a host of self-propagating organisms, inconceivably minute and as numerous as the stars in heaven.
I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.
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For most people, it is enough for the world to know that they aspire. The world does not ask what their aspirations are, trusting that those aspirations are for the best and greatest things. But with regard to the Negroes in America, there is a feeling that their aspirations in some way are not consistent with the great ideals.
I believe in reincarnation,β [Bjorn] said. I KNOW. βI tried to live a good life. Does that help?β THATβS NOT UP TO ME. Death coughed. OF COURSE... SINCE YOU BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION... YOUβLL BE BJORN AGAIN.
It's interesting because I think class is a heavy, heavy part of 'Moonlight,' and I think, in a certain way, through the sum of all these parts, it's become a commentary on the black experience in America.
They're so cold, these scholars! May lightning strike their food so that their mouths learn how to eat fire!
I am Albanian by birth. Now I am a citizen of India. I am also a Catholic nun. In my work, I belong to the whole world. But in my heart, I belong to Christ.
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