Chapter XIV, final paragraph
The 'tangled bank' passage: 'It is interesting to contemplate a tangled bank, clothed with many plants of many kinds...'
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From On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Several passages have become iconic in the history of science, especially the tangled bank and endless forms peroration.
Chapter XIV, final sentence
There is grandeur in this view of life... endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.Read in Books4Free →
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