Quote#God & Faith
It is a more rational belief that man may become a brute than that a…
Quote byDavid Brewster · 1781–1868
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The facts and fancies of Mr. Darwin (1862).
English (original)
It is a more rational belief that man may become a brute than that a brute may become a man; and it is an easier faith that plants and animals may dwindle down into an elemental atom, than that this atom should embrace in its organization, and evolve, all the noble forms of vegetable, animal, and intellectual life.
— David Brewster
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