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"Nature may almost be said to have guarded against the frequent discovery of her transitional or linking forms." - Charles Darwin, Origin of Species, p.292

[WildHorseCrash]

"Nature may almost be said to have guarded against the frequent discovery of her transitional or linking forms." - Charles Darwin, Origin of Species, p.292

LOL... Of course, you fail to note Darwin follows this sentence with page after page of explanation for why, in fact, why should expect there to be "blank[s] in the geological record." And, considering his misfortune for living before Pierre Curie and before the theory plate tectonics, he does quite well in accounting for them.