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> [We have no acceptable theory of evolution at the present time. There is none; and I cannot accept the theory that I teach to my students each year. Let me explain. I teach the synthetic theory known as the neo-Darwinian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-lejeune/we-have-no-acceptable-theory-of-evolution-at-the-present-time-there/)

[Jerome Lejeune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-lejeune/)

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## More by Jerome Lejeune

> [Only God truly forgives, man sometimes forgives, nature never forgives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-lejeune/only-god-truly-forgives-man-sometimes-forgives-nature-never-forgives/)

[Jerome Lejeune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-lejeune/)

> [To accept the fact that, after fertilization has taken place, a new human has come into being is no longer a matter of taste…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-lejeune/to-accept-the-fact-that-after-fertilization-has-taken-place-a-new/)

[Jerome Lejeune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-lejeune/)

> [I look forward to the day when a mongolian idiot, treated biochemically, becomes a successful geneticist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-lejeune/i-look-forward-to-the-day-when-a-mongolian-idiot-treated/)

[Jerome Lejeune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-lejeune/)

> [We have no acceptable theory of evolution at the present time. There is none; and I cannot accept the theory that I teach to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-lejeune/we-have-no-acceptable-theory-of-evolution-at-the-present-time-there/)

[Jerome Lejeune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-lejeune/)

> [After fertilization has taken place a new human being has come into being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-lejeune/after-fertilization-has-taken-place-a-new-human-being-has-come-into/)

[Jerome Lejeune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-lejeune/)

> [ \[It\] is no longer a matter of taste or opinion...it is plain experimental evidence. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-lejeune/it-is-no-longer-a-matter-of-taste-or-opinion-it-is-plain-experimental/)

[Jerome Lejeune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-lejeune/)

> [To dissociate the child from love is, for our species, a methodological error: contraception, which is to make love without making a child; artificial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-lejeune/to-dissociate-the-child-from-love-is-for-our-species-a-methodological/)

[Jerome Lejeune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerome-lejeune/)

> [Each individual has a very neat beginning, at conception.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerome-lejeune/each-individual-has-a-very-neat-beginning-at-conception/)

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