Jonathan Weiner Quote

Evolution discloses a meaning in death, although the meaning is like some of the berries that Darwin tasted in the Galapagos, "acid & Austere." There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. Even Drought bears fruit. Even death is a seed.


Chapter 5, A Special Providence - The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time (1994)


Evolution discloses a meaning in death, although the meaning is like some of the berries that Darwin tasted in the Galapagos, acid & Austere. There...

Evolution discloses a meaning in death, although the meaning is like some of the berries that Darwin tasted in the Galapagos, acid & Austere. There...

Evolution discloses a meaning in death, although the meaning is like some of the berries that Darwin tasted in the Galapagos, acid & Austere. There...

Evolution discloses a meaning in death, although the meaning is like some of the berries that Darwin tasted in the Galapagos, acid & Austere. There...