Commenting on Buffon's views, Darwin stated, "If Buffon had assumed that his organic molecules had been formed by each separate unit throughout the body, his view and mine would have been very closely similar."
Comentando o punto de vista de Buffon, Darwin indicou: "Se Buffon tivese asumido que as súas moléculas orgánicas eran formadas por cada unidade separada ao longo de todo o corpo, a súa visión e a miña terían sido moi similares."