. . . and note that Lamarck isnít smiling, and isnít wearing any medals (unlike Cuvier)! His contemporaries considered his evolutionary work too speculative and far-fetchedóCuvier made sarcastic jokes about it but otherwise ignored it. Whereas Cuvier went on to wealth, fame, and nobility, Lamarck died poor and blind.
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