The student of Nature wonders the more and is astonished the less, the more conversant he becomes with her operations; but of all the perennial miracles she offers to his inspection, perhaps the most worthy of admiration is the development of a plant or of an animal from its embryo.

Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of Thomas Henry Huxley (ed. Library of Alexandria, 1908) - ISBN: 9781465513274