On these expanded membranes [i.e., butterfly wings] Nature writes, as on a tablet, the story of the modifications of species... As the laws of nature must be the same for all beings, the conclusions furnished by this group of insects must be applicable to the whole organic world.


The Naturalist on the River Amazons (Volume 2), Chapter V (p. 346)

Henry Walter Bates Quotes

On these expanded membranes [i.e., butterfly wings] Nature writes, as on a tablet, the story of the modifications of species... As the laws of nature ...

On these expanded membranes [i.e., butterfly wings] Nature writes, as on a tablet, the story of the modifications of species... As the laws of nature ...

On these expanded membranes [i.e., butterfly wings] Nature writes, as on a tablet, the story of the modifications of species... As the laws of nature ...

On these expanded membranes [i.e., butterfly wings] Nature writes, as on a tablet, the story of the modifications of species... As the laws of nature ...