Quote#Wisdom
Animals and plants have existed in successive families; they have…
Quote byGideon Mantell · 1790–1852
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Wonders of Geology (1839), Vol. 1.
English (original)
animals and plants have existed in successive families; they have been created, have lived their day, and by the operation of physical causes, have perished; while new races have been called into being, and in their turn have ceased to be, in order to give room to other families, requiring, perhaps, a different climate, and a new order of things.
— Gideon Mantell
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