Quote by: Alfred Russel Wallace

I spent, as you know, a year and a half in a clergyman's family and heard almost every Tuesday the very best, most earnest and most impressive preacher it has ever been my fortune to meet with, but it produced no effect whatever on my mind.


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Author Bio


  • NameAlfred Russel Wallace
  • DescriptionBritish naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist
  • AliasesWallace; Alfred R. Wallace
  • BornJanuary 8, 1823
  • DiedNovember 7, 1913
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionMathematician; Biologist; Explorer; Anthropologist; Author; Zoologist; Naturalist
  • AwardsFellow Of The Royal Society; Order Of Merit; Copley Medal; Royal Medal