Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
Published on December 29, 2015 , under Quotes
Love It 0Source: This quote is from “The Descent of Man” (1871) by Charles Robert Darwin; Volume: 1, page: 3.
Complete Sentence: It has often and confidently been asserted, that man’s origin can never be known: but ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
