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Within the last half century, the labours of such men as Von Baer,…
Quote byThomas Henry Huxley · 1825–1895
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature (1863), Ch.2, p. 75.
English (original)
Within the last half century, the labours of such men as Von Baer, Rathke, Reichert, Bischof, and Remak, have almost completely unravelled... the successive stages of development which... are now as well known to the embryologist as are the steps of the metamorphosis of the silk-worm moth to the school boy.
— Thomas Henry Huxley
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