QuoteQuest“As it is certain that worms swallow many little stones, independently of those swallowed while excavating their burrows, it is probable that they serve, like mill-stones, to triturate their food.”
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- Wikiquote: Charles Darwin
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Context
Chapter 1: Habits of Worms, p. 18.
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Darwin, Charles. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Charles Darwin. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin
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