The eye of the trilobite tells us that the sun shone on the old beach …

Louis Agassiz
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The eye of the trilobite tells us that the sun shone on the old beach where he lived; for there is nothing in nature without a purpose, and when so complicated an organ was made to receive the light, there must have been light to enter it. ✨ Geological Sketches. Book by Louis Agassiz, ch. 2 (pp. 31 - 32), 1870.
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