Source: The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time (1994), Chapter 5, A Special Providence
“Evolution discloses a meaning in death, although the meaning is like some of the berries that Darwin tasted in the Galapagos, “acid & Austere.””
There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. Even Drought bears fruit. Even death is a seed.
Chapter 5, A Special Providence (p. 82)
The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time (1994)
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