“The subject may appear an insignificant one, but we shall se…”

“The subject may appear an insignificant one, but we shall see that it possesses some interest; and the maxim "de minimis lex non curat," does not apply to science.”

— Charles Darwin

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Title: Wikiquote: Charles Darwin
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Introduction, p. 2.

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Darwin, Charles. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Charles Darwin. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin

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