"Seen in the light of evolution, biology is, perhaps, intellectually the most satisfying and inspiring science. Without that light it becomes a pile of sundry facts -- some of them interesting or curious but making no meaningful picture as a whole."
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Theodosius Dobzhansky, "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution" (1972)
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