"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
This is a real sign that hung in some stores & restaurants across Texas well into the 1960's.
This is the world that politicians over a certain age grew up in, likely recalled with that golden haze of childhood memory, the way I think about Pizza Hut & malls.
He owned an uncut copy of Die Pflanzen-Mischlinge ("The Plant Hybrids") by Focke, which SUMMARIZED Mendel's findings.
Mendel, however, DID read Darwin's work.
He owned an uncut copy of Die Pflanzen-Mischlinge ("The Plant Hybrids") by Focke, which SUMMARIZED Mendel's findings.
Mendel, however, DID read Darwin's work.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languag...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languag...
"But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything."
then, later: "One lives only to make blunders."
So relatable.
"But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything."
then, later: "One lives only to make blunders."
So relatable.
Castilian = 'Spanish' is a relatively recent phenomenon.
Castilian = 'Spanish' is a relatively recent phenomenon.
boobies and vampire "finches". 😁
"Darwin's Finches" are a lie !!!
(because they're all actually 'tanagers' in subfamily Geospizinae, not true finches)
But let's talk about the weirdest one, the vampire ground 'finch'.
Yes, it's a bird that drinks blood... from boobies!
boobies and vampire "finches". 😁
While acknowledging his racist mindset & claims, I also choose to celebrate his passionate defense of abolitionism, born out of close relationships with enslaved & formerly enslaved people.
While acknowledging his racist mindset & claims, I also choose to celebrate his passionate defense of abolitionism, born out of close relationships with enslaved & formerly enslaved people.
John Edmonstone was born a slave in Guyana, but freed when the family who owned him moved back to Scotland.
It starts with Sandwalk Wood, the gravel path that Darwin had built near Down House grounds for his daily walks (with Polly, eventually).
An hour of scheduled idleness.
Then join me in demanding R01 grant support for butlers, cooks and coachmen! Happy Darwin Day 2024! 🧪
An hour of scheduled idleness.
The Darwin family lived at Down House with a butler, cook, gardener, coachman, housemaid, two nursery maids, and a governess for the girls.
Never less than 8 servants lived at Down House.
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science."
- Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man (1871).
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science."
- Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man (1871).
There's lots of English, Catalan, Galician, Basque, Arabic.
There's lots of English, Catalan, Galician, Basque, Arabic.