| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 6688 |
| AUTHOR: | Charles Robert Darwin (1809–1882) |
| QUOTATION: | Believing as I do that man in the distant future will be a far more perfect creature than he now is, it is an intolerable thought that he and all other sentient beings are doomed to complete annihilation after such long-continued slow progress. To those who fully admit the immortality of the human soul, the destruction of our world will not appear so dreadful. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | From Life and Letters. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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