We hence acquire this sublime and interesting idea; that all the calcareous mountains in the world, and all the strata of clay, coal, marl, sand, and iron, which are incumbent on them, are MONUMENTS OF THE PAST FELICITY OF ORGANIZED NATURE!
So erst the Sage [Pythagoras] with scientific truth In Grecian temples taught the attentive youth; With ceaseless change how restless atoms pass From… - Erasmus Darwin
So erst the Sage [Pythagoras] with scientific truth In Grecian temples taught the attentive youth; With ceaseless change how restless atoms pass From…
- Erasmus Darwin
In fact the a priori reasoning is so entirely satisfactory to me that if the facts won't fit in, why so much the worse for the facts is my feeling. - Erasmus Darwin
In fact the a priori reasoning is so entirely satisfactory to me that if the facts won't fit in, why so much the worse for the facts is my feeling.
We hence acquire this sublime and interesting idea; that all the calcareous mountains in the world, and all the strata of clay, coal, marl, sand, and… - Erasmus Darwin
We hence acquire this sublime and interesting idea; that all the calcareous mountains in the world, and all the strata of clay, coal, marl, sand, and…
Life is a forced state! I am surprized that we live, rather than that our friends die. - Erasmus Darwin
Life is a forced state! I am surprized that we live, rather than that our friends die.
The great CREATOR of all things has infinitely diversified the works of his hands, but has at the same time stamped a certain similitude on the featu… - Erasmus Darwin
The great CREATOR of all things has infinitely diversified the works of his hands, but has at the same time stamped a certain similitude on the featu…
Another thing very injurious to the child is the tying and cutting of the navel string too soon, which should always be left till the child has not o… - Erasmus Darwin
Another thing very injurious to the child is the tying and cutting of the navel string too soon, which should always be left till the child has not o…
To respect the cat is the beginning of the aesthetic sense. - Erasmus Darwin
To respect the cat is the beginning of the aesthetic sense.
Such is the condition of organic nature! whose first law might be expressed in the words 'Eat or be eaten!' and which would seem to be one great slau… - Erasmus Darwin
Such is the condition of organic nature! whose first law might be expressed in the words 'Eat or be eaten!' and which would seem to be one great slau…
Organic life beneath the shoreless waves Was born and rais’d in Ocean’s pearly caves First forms minute, unseen by spheric glass, Move on the mud, or… - Erasmus Darwin
Organic life beneath the shoreless waves Was born and rais’d in Ocean’s pearly caves First forms minute, unseen by spheric glass, Move on the mud, or…
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