Everything in nature is the result of fixed laws.
Charles DarwinRead
Wherever the European has trod, death seems to pursue the aboriginal.
Interpretation
What this quote means
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.
Themes
ColonizationDeathAboriginalImpactEuropeanDestruction
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about the effects of colonization on indigenous cultures.
More from Charles Darwin
All quotes βThe highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
Charles DarwinRead
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.
Charles DarwinRead
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.
Charles DarwinRead
I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.
Charles DarwinRead
we are always slow in admitting any great change of which we do not see the intermediate steps
Charles DarwinRead
Similar quotes
My hypothesis is not so much that the court is the natural expression of popular justice, but rather that its historical function is to ensnare it, to control it and strangle it, by re-inscribing it within institutions which are typical of a state apparatus.
Michel FoucaultRead
We used to look at each other and say, 'We play the same game with the same rules, the same bat, the same ball, the same field. What the hell does color have to do with it? You don't play with color. You play with talent.'
Monte IrvinRead
My mind may be American but my heart is British.
T. S. EliotRead
Both individuals and societies tell themselves stories to simplify and make sense of the messy chaos of reality.
Adam CurtisRead
As long as you find something beautiful, good, and true to believe in and abide by, you have the equivalent of God in your life.
Nhat HanhRead
The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner that the circumstances allow.
AristotleRead