The subject may appear an insignificant one, but we shall see that it possesses some interest; and the maxim "de minimis lex non curat," does not apply to science.

— Charles Darwin, The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms (1881)

Source: http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?pageseq=17&itemID=F1357&viewtype=image

From the book's introduction.

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