There are as many species as the infinite being created diverse forms in the beginning, which, following the laws of generation, produced many others, but always similar to them: therefore there are as many species as we have different structures before us today.
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"I have spent my life in the company of plants, and they have taught me more than men."
"If a tree dies, plant another in its place."
"The study of nature is the study of God."
"By a botanist I mean one who understands how to observe the genera of Nature. I judge unworthy of the name of botanist the meddlesome person who is indifferent to genera."
"The greatest pleasure of a gardener is to survey his work, and to admire the result of his own industry."
From 'Philosophia Botanica' (1751), aphorism 157. A statement on the fixity of species and divine creation.
Date: 1751
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