Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know… — Charles Darwin
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
The Descent of Man · 1871
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Darwin, Charles. The Descent of Man. Penguin Classics, 2004, introduction.
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Darwin, Charles. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. London: John Murray, 1871, introduction.
