Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Quote

All known living bodies are sharply divided into two special kingdoms, based upon the essential differences which distinguish animals from plants, and in spite of what has been said, I am convinced that these two kingdoms do not really merge into one another at any point.


As quoted in: Evolution and the Diversity of Life: Selected Essays (Harvard University Press, 1997) by Ernst Mayr, p. 245


All known living bodies are sharply divided into two special kingdoms, based upon the essential differences which distinguish animals from plants,...

All known living bodies are sharply divided into two special kingdoms, based upon the essential differences which distinguish animals from plants,...

All known living bodies are sharply divided into two special kingdoms, based upon the essential differences which distinguish animals from plants,...

All known living bodies are sharply divided into two special kingdoms, based upon the essential differences which distinguish animals from plants,...