Charles Darwin — "I am almost convinced (quite contrary to opinion I started with) that species ar…"
I am almost convinced (quite contrary to opinion I started with) that species are not (it is like confessing a murder) immutable.
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From a letter to J.D. Hooker, revealing his internal struggle with accepting the mutability of species.
Date: 1844
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