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Jean Henri Fabre
(22 Dec 1823 - 11 Oct 1915)

French entomologist and author.


Science Quotes by Jean Henri Fabre (1)

Permanence of instinct must go with permanence of form...The history of the present must teach us the history of the past.
[Referring to studying fossil remains of the weevil, largely unchanged to the present day.]
— Jean Henri Fabre
The Life and Love of the Insect, trans. Alexander Teixera de Mattos (1911, 1914), 183.
See also:  |  Fossil (52)  |  History (61)  |  Instinct (13)


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