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Robert Stevenson
(8 Jun 1772 - 12 Jul 1850)
Scottish civil engineer.
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Science Quotes by Robert Stevenson (2)
Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits probably Arboreal.
— Robert Stevenson
'Pastoral'. Memories and Portraits (1887, 1915), 7.
See also: | Ancestor (6)
I never know whether to be more surprised at Darwin himself for making so much of natural selection, or at his opponents for making so little of it.
— Robert Stevenson
Selections from His Notebook. Reprinted in Memories and Portraits, Memoirs of Himself and Selections from His Notebook (1924, 2003), 184.
See also: | Charles Darwin (170) | Evolution (229) | Natural Selection (43) | Opponent (4) | Surprise (8)
