The general struggle for existence of animate beings is not a struggle for raw materials—these are for organisms in ample supply—nor for energy which exists in plenty in any body in the form of heat, but a struggle for entropy, which becomes available through the transition of energy from the hot sun to the cold earth.
生物普遍存在的生存斗争不是为了原材料——这些对生物来说是充足的——也不是为了能量，能量以热的形式在任何物体中都大量存在，而是为了熵，熵是通过能量从炽热的太阳转移到寒冷的地球而变得可用的。
The discovery of the genetic code was a monumental step in understanding the molecular basis of life.
It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.
Illustrations should not just decorate the text; they should expand it.
自然界中无限小的角色是无限大的。
每个生命都是非凡的。