[Gordon Greene]

Again, I’m flattered that someone with such an outstanding ego would consider mine something to be admired.

I just hope to God that my ego is stronger than yours so it has a chance for survival in the battle of egos.

My battle cry from this point forward... Leggo my ego!

[stormer]

Whatever. The quote mining you've mistaken for researched argument only displays your ignorance of Darwin's writing and his intent. Take it upon yourself to learn, so that rather than regurgitating the falsehoods you've embraced, you can actually participate in an intelligent, reasoned manner. Allow me to give you your first lesson by finishing the quote you so impotently mangled:

“The aid which we feel impelled to give to the helpless is mainly an incidental result of the instinct of sympathy, which was originally acquired as part of the social instincts, but subsequently rendered, in the manner previously indicated, more tender and more widely diffused. Nor could we check our sympathy, even at the urging of hard reason, without deterioration in the noblest part of our nature. The surgeon may harden himself whilst performing an operation, for he knows that he is acting for the good of his patient; but if we were intentionally to neglect the weak and helpless, it could only be for a contingent benefit, with an overwhelming present evil. Hence we must bear without complaining the undoubtedly bad effects of the weak surviving and propagating their kind; but there appears to be at least one check in steady action, namely the weaker and inferior members of society not marrying so freely as the sound; and this check might be indefinitely increased, though this is more to be hoped for than expected, by the weak in body or mind refraining from marriage.”