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“The History of Evolution is the real source of light in the investigation of organic bodies. It is applicable at every step, and all our ideas of the correlation of organic bodies will be swayed by our knowledge of the history of evolution. To carry the proof of it into all branches of research would be an almost endless task. (1828)”

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Karl Ernst von Baer

Karl Ernst von Baer was a renowned scientist, born on February 17, 1792, and died on November 16, 1876. He made significant contributions to the fields of anatomy and embryology. more

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Book:The Meaning of Evolution

Source: The Meaning of Evolution

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Book:THE ORGANIZATIONAL REVOLUTION

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“The resources of the Deity cannot be so meagre, that, in order to create a human being endowed with reason, he must change a monkey into a man.”

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Book:Methods of Study in Natural History

Source: Methods of Study in Natural History

“The scientific doctrine of progress is destined to replace not only the myth of progress, but all other myths of human earthly destiny. It will inevitably become one of the cornerstones of man's theology, or whatever may be the future substitute for theology, and the most important external support for human ethics.”

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Book:New Bottles for New Wine: Essays

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“The Silurian Period-the grandest of all the Periods,-and, as yet, apparently the seed-time of all succeeding life.”

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Book:Thesauricus Siluricus: The flora and fauna of the Silurian period. With addenda (from recent acquisitions).

Source: Thesauricus Siluricus: The flora and fauna of the Silurian period. With addenda (from recent acquisitions).

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Book:Wonders of life

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“We do not draw conclusions with our eyes, but with our reasoning powers, and if the whole of the rest of living nature proclaims with one accord from all sides the evolution of the world of organisms, we cannot assume that the process stopped short of Man. But it follows also that the factors which brought about the development of Man from his Simian ancestry must be the same as those which have brought about the whole of evolution.”

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Author:August Weismann

“We have long been seeking a different kind of evolutionary process and have now found one; namely, the change within the pattern of the chromosomes. ... The neo-Darwinian theory of the geneticists is no longer tenable.”

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Author:Richard Goldschmidt

“Workers must root out the idea that by keeping the results of their labors to themselves a fortune will be assured to them. Patent fees are so much wasted money. The flying machine of the future will not be born fully fledged and capable of a flight for 1,000 miles or so. Like everything else it must be evolved gradually. The first difficulty is to get a thing that will fly at all. When this is made, a full description should be published as an aid to others. Excellence of design and workmanship will always defy competition.”

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