Variation teaches that stagnation is death, but change is th... - Hugo de Vries

This quote is attributed to Hugo de Vries.

"Variation teaches that stagnation is death, but change is the very essence of life."

Hugo de Vries Life

Botanist and Geneticist Dutch 1848–1935

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