Amidst the vicissitudes of the earth's surface, species cannot be immo…

Charles Lyell
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Amidst the vicissitudes of the earth's surface, species cannot be immortal, but must perish, one after another, like the individuals which compose them. There is no possibility of escaping from this conclusion. ✨ Sir Charles Lyell (1853). Principles of geology ; or, The modern changes of the earth and its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology, p.696
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