A Quote by Charles Darwin

On seeing the marsupials in Australia for the first time and comparing them to placental mammals: “An unbeliever . . . might exclaim 'Surely two distinct Creators must have been at work'”

Charles Darwin

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Charles Darwin
English - Scientist
February 12, 1809 - April 19, 1882

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