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What birds can have their bills more peculiarly formed than the ibis, the spoonbill, and the heron?
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I think I have fairly heard and fairly weighed the evidence on both sides, and I remain an utter disbeliever in almost all that you consider the most sacred truths [...] I can see much to admire in all religions [...] But whether there be a God and whatever be His nature; whether we have an immortal soul or not, or whatever may be our state after death, I can have no fear of having to suffer for the study of nature and the search for truth.
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It has been generally the custom of writers on natural history to take the habits and instincts of animals as the fixed point, and to consider their structure and organization as specially adapted to be in accordance with them.
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Truth is born into this world only with pangs and tribulations, and every fresh truth is received unwillingly. To expect the world to receive a new truth, or even an old truth, without challenging it, is to look for one of those miracles which do not occur.
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Alfred Russel Wallace
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Born:
January 8, 1823
Died:
November 7, 1913
(aged 90)
Bio:
Alfred Russel Wallace was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, and biologist.
Known for:
The geographical distribution of animals (1876)
Darwinism (1889)
Miracles and modern spiritualism (1875)
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