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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

For being incorrect and insane, Your ideas are shared commonly. Perhaps you should have stuck with Invertebrates and botany… Despite common belief, you argued That life was not fixed, And that through observation of generations They could see this. Darwin had a great basis, Thanks to you: When an environment changes, Organisms change, too. But thoughts and theories once held true Are often proven incorrect. A giraffe cannot make its offspring taller Just by straining its neck. Something that once was widely liked Is now seen as insanity. Perhaps the search for definitive answers Is really only vanity?

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Date: 5/24/2016 3:27:00 PM
Yeah this is really good. I love science and poetry and it's not common to see them together. Pretty unique stuff you got here.
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