Charles Darwin Quotes
...for the shield may be as important for victory, as the sword or spear.
Darwin, Charles. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. Vol. 1, John Murray, 1871, p. 258.
The Democrats used this quotation during the 1964 presidential campaign, in a famous TV ad with a little girl, a mushroom cloud and the announcer quoting Goldwater.
In large warfare at the time and in the American Civil War disease was responsible for more death than weapons. The logic is that with fewer troops necessary, there would be less disease. However, the reality was that machine guns never did reduce the number of soldiers—it only produced more lethal soldiers.
Charles Robert Darwin FRS FRGS FLS FZS was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution.[I] His proposition that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors is now widely accepted, and considered a foundational concept in science. In a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace, he introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding. Darwin has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history, and he was honoured by burial in Westminster Abbey.
