“I see no good reason why the views given in this volume should shock the religious feelings of any one.”

—  Charles Darwin , book On the Origin of Species (1859)

Source: On the Origin of Species (1859), chapter XV: "Recapitulation and Conclusion", page 421 http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?pageseq=449&itemID=F391&viewtype=image, in the sixth (1872) edition
Source: The Origin of Species

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