Last line in 'Origin of Species'

Last line in 'Origin of Species'

"There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved"

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Comment by Paula T. on October 12, 2010 at 9:40am
Beautiful! I would love to have that framed and on my wall!
Comment by Little Name Atheist on March 22, 2010 at 8:40pm
Thanks! I appreciate you posting this image.
Comment by Roxanne Sitarz on March 22, 2010 at 6:33pm
It was a display at the Chicago Field Museum in Darwin's life & I saw it in 2007.
Comment by Little Name Atheist on February 23, 2010 at 8:15am
That's a quotation that deserves wider circulation. Where is that display?

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