Samuel Butler (novelist) Quote

Of all the questions now engaging the attention of those whose destiny has commanded them to take more or less exercise of mind, I know of none more interesting than that which deals with what is called teleology — that is to say, with design or purpose, as evidenced by the different parts of animals and plants.


Evolution, Old and New, Chapter I (p. 1)


Of all the questions now engaging the attention of those whose destiny has commanded them to take more or less exercise of mind, I know of none more...

Of all the questions now engaging the attention of those whose destiny has commanded them to take more or less exercise of mind, I know of none more...

Of all the questions now engaging the attention of those whose destiny has commanded them to take more or less exercise of mind, I know of none more...

Of all the questions now engaging the attention of those whose destiny has commanded them to take more or less exercise of mind, I know of none more...