It is the preservation of the species, not of individuals, which appears to be the design of Deity throughout the whole of nature. (Mary Wollstonecraft)

It is the preservation of the species, not of individuals, which appears to be the design of Deity throughout the whole of nature.

Mary Wollstonecraft

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