Alfred Russel Wallace/theory of Evolution

Famous quotes containing the words wallace, theory and/or evolution:

    Deep in the human heart
    The fire of justice burns;
    A vision of a world renewed
    Through radical concern.
    —William L. Wallace (20th century)

    The great tragedy of science—the slaying of a beautiful theory by an ugly fact.
    Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895)

    Analyze theory-building how we will, we all must start in the middle. Our conceptual firsts are middle-sized, middle-distanced objects, and our introduction to them and to everything comes midway in the cultural evolution of the race.
    Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)