Why, on the theory of Creation, should there be so much variety and so little real novelty? — Charles Darwin. English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
Nothing before had ever made me thoroughly realise, though I had read various scientific books, that science consists in grouping facts so that general laws or conclusions may be drawn from them.
It is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment.