The Autobiography Of Charles Darwin

Arka Kapak Yazısı: Therefore my success as a man of science, whatever this may have amounted
to, has been determined, as far as I can judge, by complex and diversified mental qualities and
conditions. Of these, the most important have been—the love of science—unbounded patience in
long reflecting over any subject—industry in observing and collecting facts—and a fair share of

invention as well as of common sense. With such moderate abilities as I possess, it is truly
surprising that I should have influenced to a considerable extent the belief of scientific men on
some important points.