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Why has not anyone seen that fossils alone gave birth to a theory about the formation of the earth, that without them, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the globe.

— Georges Cuvier

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The natural food of man, judging from his structure, appears to consist of the fruits, roots, and other succulent parts of vegetables.

It is evident that one cannot say anything demonstrable about the problem before having resolved these preliminary questions, and yet we hardly possess the necessary information to solve some of them.

The works which this man leaves behind him occupy a few pages only; their importance is not greatly superior to their extent.

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