Chauncey Wright

“Natural selection is the descriptive name of a process, the results of which are the production of new organic forms, and the extinction of the old ones.”

“A philosopher's credo, or his business, is to see that the world is not humbugged.”

“A great physical theory is not invalidated by showing that it fails to explain all the facts.”

“I believe in modesty for a philosopher.”

“Speculative courage is the characteristic of a philosophic mind.”

“The very commonness of a belief is no evidence of its truth.”

“The only 'utilities' of religious belief are the moral ones.”

“We are born into the world as we find it, and we have to make the best of it.”