I cannot look at the universe as the result of blind chance, yet I… — Charles Darwin · Skopia

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I cannot look at the universe as the result of blind chance, yet I can see no evidence of beneficent design, or indeed of design of any kind, in the details.

1870

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Darwin, Charles. "To J. D. Hooker, 12 July 1870." The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, edited by Frederick Burkhardt and James A. Secord. Vol. 18: 1870. Cambridge University Press, 2010, no. 7273.

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Darwin, Charles. Letter to J. D. Hooker. 12 July 1870.

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