"In the study of this membrane [the retina]……" — Santiago Ramon y Cajal

In the study of this membrane [the retina] I for the first… - Santiago Ramon y Cajal

"In the study of this membrane [the retina] I for the first time felt my faith in Darwinism (hypothesis of natural selection) weakened, being amazed and confounded by the supreme constructive ingenuity revealed not only in the retina and in the dioptric apparatus of the vertebrates but even in the meanest insect eye. ... I felt more profoundly than in any other subject of study the shuddering sensation of the unfathomable mystery of life."

— Santiago Ramon y Cajal

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