Charles Darwin Quotes

There Are Several Other Sources Of Enjoyment In A Long Voyage, Which Are Of A More Reasonable Nature. The Map Of The World Ceases To Be A Blank; It Becomes A Picture Full Of The Most Varied And Animated Figures. Each Part Assumes Its Proper Dimensions: Continents Are Not Looked At In The Light Of Islands, Or Islands Considered As Mere Specks, Which Are, In Truth, Larger Than Many Kingdoms Of Europe. Africa, Or North And South America, Are Well-sounding Names, And Easily Pronounced; But It Is Not Until Having Sailed For Weeks Along Small Portions Of Their Shores, That One Is Thoroughly Convinced What Vast Spaces On Our Immense World These Names Imply.

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