“In the survival of favoured individuals and races, during the constantly-recurring struggle for existence, we see a powerful and ever-acting form of selection
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change
“At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world
“Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further
“It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite
“There is an electric fire in human nature tending to purify - so that among these human creatures there is continually some birth of new heroism. The pity is that we must wonder at it, as we should at finding a pearl in rubbish
“Are there not thousands in the world who love their fellows even to the death, who feel the giant agony of the world, and more, like slaves to poor humanity, labor for mortal good?
“The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow, and the men who lend
“Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided