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“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...” Charles Darwin, “On The Origin of Species” - 1859

“A grain in the balance may determine which individuals shall live and which shall die—which variety or species shall increase in number, and which shall decrease, or finally become extinct.” Charles Darwin, “On The Origin of Species” - 1859

“A concise mode of expressing the same meaning is, that inseparable accidents are properties which are universal to the species, but not necessary to it.” John Stuart Mill, “A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive” - 1843

“Nature can’t evolve a species that hasn’t a will to survive. Individuals might be bred to sacrifice themselves, but the race as a whole can never decide to cease to exist.” Orson Scott Card, “Ender's Game” - 1985

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extinction death sacrifice ignorance accident property evolution cataclysm survival

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Charles Darwin (2)
John Stuart Mill (1)
Orson Scott Card (1)

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On The Origin of Species (2)
A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (1)
Ender's Game (1)