Nothing is easier than to admit in words the truth of the universal struggle for life, or more difficult--at least I have found it so--than constantly to bear this conclusion in mind.

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The quote, “Nothing is easier than to admit in words the truth of the universal struggle for life, or more difficult--at least I have found it so--than constantly to bear this conclusion in mind,” is a part of a speech made by Charles Darwin on November 28, 1859. In this speech, he is speaking about the difficulty of accepting that life evolves over time. The quote is alluding to his own struggle to accept evolution as fact. Darwin had spent years trying to prove that mankind had developed from earlier life-forms and was not created by God. He also struggled with accepting the idea that God does not exist; however, he eventually came to see things differently and accepted evolution as fact and God as a possibility.

Source: The Origin Of Species

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