Who Was Charles Darwin? Quotes

“Almost everyone Charles knew believed God had created the world, in just six days. The first horses and the first birds looked exactly the same at the beginning of creation as horses and birds did in Charles’s time. People weren’t ready to accept that the world,”
― Deborah Hopkinson, Who Was Charles Darwin?

“Charles understood that a finch can’t change the shape of its beak during its lifetime. But, he figured, finches with short, thick beaks that can eat more food have a good chance of surviving long enough to have babies, or offspring, of their own. Their offspring will be part of the next generation of finches. If babies in the next generation inherit thick beaks,”
― Deborah Hopkinson, Who Was Charles Darwin?