"Now this circumscribed power, which we have scarcely……" — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
"Now this circumscribed power, which we have scarcely examined, scarcely studied, this power to whose actions we nearly always attribute an intention and a goal, this power, finally, that always does necessarily the same things in the same circumstances and nevertheless does so many and such admirable ones, is what we call 'nature' ."
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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18 Quotes by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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After having produced aquatic animals of all ranks and having caused extensive variations in them by the different environments provided…
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In every animal which has not passed the limit of its development, a more frequent and continuous use of any…
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However, if we consider that all the characteristics which have been cited are only differences in degree of structure, may…
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One must believe that every living thing whatsoever must change insensibly in its organization and in its form... One must…
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All the acquisitions or losses wrought by nature on individuals, through the influence of the environment in which their race…
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The great age of the earth will appear greater to man when he understands the origin of living organisms and…
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It is not the organs-that is, the character and form of the animal's bodily parts-that have given rise to its…
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What nature does in the course of long periods we do every day when we suddenly change the environment in…
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A sound Physics of the Earth should include all the primary considerations of the earth's atmosphere, of the characteristics and…
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Life, in a body whose order and state of affairs can make it manifest, is assuredly, as I have said,…
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It is not enough to discover and prove a useful truth previously unknown, but that it is necessary also to…
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On our planet, all objects are subject to continual and inevitable changes which arise from the essential order of things.…
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