From the first dawn of life, all organic beings are found to resemble each other in descending degrees, so that they can be classed in groups under groups. This classification is evidently not arbitrary like the grouping of stars in constellations.


On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (ed. 1869)

Charles Darwin Quotes

From the first dawn of life, all organic beings are found to resemble each other in descending degrees, so that they can be classed in groups under...

From the first dawn of life, all organic beings are found to resemble each other in descending degrees, so that they can be classed in groups under...

From the first dawn of life, all organic beings are found to resemble each other in descending degrees, so that they can be classed in groups under...

From the first dawn of life, all organic beings are found to resemble each other in descending degrees, so that they can be classed in groups under...