![Natural selection is not the wind which propels the vessel, but the rudder which, by friction, now on this side and now on that, shapes the course.](https://quotes.happiom.com/wp-content/uploads/6/asa-gray-quotes-147588-natural-selection-is-not-the-wind.png)
Natural selection is not the wind which propels the vessel, but the rudder which, by friction, now on this side and now on that, shapes the course.
– Asa Gray
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