
— Charles Darwin naturalista britannico che formulò la teoria dell'evoluzione 1809 - 1882
Origine: I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent & omnipotent God would have designedly created the Ichneumonidæ with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of caterpillars [...]. (dalla lettera ad Asa Gray del 22 maggio 1860 http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/DCP-LETT-2814.xml)