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| Darwin mocked for saying much the same thing |
Man is a very worm by birth,
Vile reptile, weak and vain!
A while he crawls upon the earth,
Then shrinks to earth again.
-- Alexander Pope
How much less man, that is a worm (σαπρια)? and the son of man, which is a worm (σκωληξ)? -- Job 25:6
But I am a worm (σκωληξ), and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. -- Psalm 22:6
Fear not, thou worm (ολιγοστος) Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. -- Isaiah 41:14
