When it was first said that the sun stood still and world turned round, the common sense of mankind declared the doctrine false; but the old saying of Vox populi, vox Dei [the voice of the people is the voice of God], as every philosopher knows, cannot be trusted in science.


On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (ed. 1869)

Charles Darwin Quotes

When it was first said that the sun stood still and world turned round, the common sense of mankind declared the doctrine false; but the old saying...

When it was first said that the sun stood still and world turned round, the common sense of mankind declared the doctrine false; but the old saying...

When it was first said that the sun stood still and world turned round, the common sense of mankind declared the doctrine false; but the old saying...

When it was first said that the sun stood still and world turned round, the common sense of mankind declared the doctrine false; but the old saying...