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The Principles of Biology, Vol 1 QUOTES

The Principles of Biology, Vol 1 QUOTES

1 " If a single cell, under appropriate conditions, becomes a man in the space of a few years, there can surely be no difficulty in understanding how, under appropriate conditions, a cell may, in the course of untold millions of years, give origin to the human race. "

― Herbert Spencer , The Principles of Biology, Vol 1

2 " This survival of the fittest implies multiplication of the fittest.

{The phrase 'survival of the fittest' was not originated by Charles Darwin, though he discussed Spencer's 'excellent expression' in a letter to Alfred Russel Wallace (Jul 1866).} "

― Herbert Spencer , The Principles of Biology, Vol 1

3 " This survival of the fittest which I have here sought to express in mechanical terms, is that which Mr. Darwin has called 'natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. "

― Herbert Spencer , The Principles of Biology, Vol 1