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The more one thinks, the more one feels the hopeless immensity of man's ignorance.

The more one thinks, the more one feels the hopeless immensity of man's ignorance.

Charles Darwin

Ignorance, Men, Thinking

Charles Darwin (1903). “More Letters of Charles Darwin (Complete)”, p.520, Library of Alexandria

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.

Charles Darwin

Positive, Confidence, Ignorance

Charles Darwin (2015). “Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution”, p.33, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.

Charles Darwin

Honesty, Ignorance, Humility

Charles Darwin (2015). “Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution”, p.22, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

It is so easy to hide our ignorance under such expressions as the plan of creation or unity of design, etc., and to think that we give an explanation when we only restate a fact.

Charles Darwin

Ignorance, Thinking, Expression

Charles Darwin (2016). “On the Origin of Species”, p.357, Zillmann Publishing

Nevertheless so profound is our ignorance, and so high our presumption, that we marvel when we hear of the extinction of an organic being; and as we do not see the cause, we invoke cataclysms to desolate the world, or invent laws on the duration of the forms of life!

Charles Darwin

Ignorance, Law, Profound

Charles Darwin (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Charles Darwin (Illustrated)”, p.3445, Delphi Classics