Quote#Nature
Adaptation to one's environment makes for a sort of survival; but…
Quote byAleister Crowley · 1875–1947
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Confessions of Aleister Crowley (1929), Ch. 4.
English (original)
Adaptation to one's environment makes for a sort of survival; but after all, the supreme victory is only won by those who prove themselves of so much hardier stuff than the rest that no power on earth is able to destroy them. The people who have really made history are the martyrs.
— Aleister Crowley
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