From the 1824 edition of the book that sold "20 million copies" (!) in the 19th century: "That some inferior animal be able to mimic human articulation, will n

From the 1824 edition of the book that sold "20 million copies" (!) in the 19th century: "That some inferior animal be able to mimic human articulation, will not seem wonderful, when we reflect, that even by machines certain words have been expressed in this manner. But that the parrot should annex thought to words he utters, is scarcely more credible, than that a machine should do so." http://darwin-online.org.uk/converted/pdf/1824-27_Murray_A812.1.pdf http://darwin-online.org.uk/converted/pdf/1824-27_Murray_A81...