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The Evolution of Design in Nature

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The Evolution of Design in Nature — pen and ink drawing by Daniel Ari Friedman. “Let us learn to dream, gentlemen, then perhaps we shall find the truth” ― August Kekulé “I hope that in due time the ch
The Evolution of Design in Nature — pen and ink drawing

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“Let us learn to dream, gentlemen, then perhaps we shall find the truth” ― August Kekulé

“I hope that in due time the chemists will justify their proceedings by some large generalisations deduced from the infinity of results which they have collected. For me I am left hopelessly behind and I will acknowledge to you that through my bad memory organic chemistry is to me a sealed book. Some of those here, Hofmann for instance, consider all this however as scaffolding, which will disappear when the structure is built. I hope the structure will be worthy of the labour. I should expect a better and a quicker result from the study of the powers of matter, but then I have a predilection that way and…

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