The moral faculties are generally esteemed, and with justice, as of higher value than the intellectual powers. But we should always bear in mind that the activity of the mind in vividly recalling past impressions is one of the fundamental though secondary bases of conscience. This fact affords the strongest argument for educating and stimulating in all possible ways the intellectual faculties of every human being.


volume II, chapter XXI: "General Summary and Conclusion", page 393 - The Descent of Man (1871)

Charles Darwin Quotes

The moral faculties are generally esteemed, and with justice, as of higher value than the intellectual powers. But we should always bear in mind that ...

The moral faculties are generally esteemed, and with justice, as of higher value than the intellectual powers. But we should always bear in mind that ...

The moral faculties are generally esteemed, and with justice, as of higher value than the intellectual powers. But we should always bear in mind that ...

The moral faculties are generally esteemed, and with justice, as of higher value than the intellectual powers. But we should always bear in mind that ...