The earth is only an immense cemetery where each generation acquires life at the expense of the debris of that which has just expired; the particles of our corpses form new materials for the beings which will follow us.


The Universe, Geology, Book I, Chapter I (p. 590)

Félix Archimède Pouchet Quotes

The earth is only an immense cemetery where each generation acquires life at the expense of the debris of that which has just expired; the particles...

The earth is only an immense cemetery where each generation acquires life at the expense of the debris of that which has just expired; the particles...

The earth is only an immense cemetery where each generation acquires life at the expense of the debris of that which has just expired; the particles...

The earth is only an immense cemetery where each generation acquires life at the expense of the debris of that which has just expired; the particles...