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“When a worm is suddenly illuminated and dashes like a rabbit into its burrow—to use the expression employed by a friend—we are at first led to look at the action as a reflex one.”

— Charles Darwin

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Wikiquote: Charles Darwin
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Context

Chapter 1: Habits of Worms, p. 23.

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

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