Quotes by Francis Darwin
“He had the power of keeping the subject in hand, and of using his facts to the utmost.”— Francis Darwin
“It is a truly wonderful fact – the wonder of which we are apt to overlook from familiarity – that all animals and all plants throughout all time and space should be related to each other.”— Francis Darwin
“There was one quality of mind which seemed to be of special and extreme advantage in leading him to make discoveries. It was the power of never letting exceptions pass unnoticed.”— Francis Darwin
“A man of science may be a man of business, or a politician, but he must be a man of science.”— Francis Darwin
“In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.”— Francis Darwin
“He often said that no one could be a good observer unless he was an active theoriser.”— Francis Darwin