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> [“This compassion, or sympathy with the pains of others, ought also to extend to the brute creation, as far as our necessities will admit; for we cannot exist long without the destruction of other animal or vegetable beings either in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erasmus-darwin/this-compassion-or-sympathy-with-the-pains-of-others-ought-also-to/)

[Erasmus Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erasmus-darwin/)

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## More by Erasmus Darwin

> [Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on wings of flame, And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erasmus-darwin/till-o-er-the-wreck-emerging-from-the-storm-immortal-nature-lifts-her/)

[Erasmus Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erasmus-darwin/such-is-the-condition-of-organic-nature-whose-first-law-might-be/)

[Erasmus Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erasmus-darwin/)

> [ \[Retirement\] is a dangerous experiment, and generally ends in either drunkenness or hypochrondriacism. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erasmus-darwin/retirement-is-a-dangerous-experiment-and-generally-ends-in-either/)

[Erasmus Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erasmus-darwin/)

> [“The mass starts into a million suns; Earths round each sun with quick explosions burst, And second planets issue from the first. \[The first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erasmus-darwin/the-mass-starts-into-a-million-suns-earths-round-each-sun-with-quick/)

[Erasmus Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erasmus-darwin/)

> [The Reproductions of the living Ens From sires to sons, unknown to sex, commence... Unknown to sex the pregnant oyster swells, And coral-insects build…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erasmus-darwin/the-reproductions-of-the-living-ens-from-sires-to-sons-unknown-to-sex/)

[Erasmus Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erasmus-darwin/)

> [The mass starts into a million suns; Earths round each sun with quick explosions burst, And second planets issue from the first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erasmus-darwin/the-mass-starts-into-a-million-suns-earths-round-each-sun-with-quick-2/)

[Erasmus Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erasmus-darwin/)

> [By firm immutable immortal laws Impress'd on Nature by the GREAT FIRST CAUSE, Say, MUSE! how rose from elemental strife Organic forms, and kindled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erasmus-darwin/by-firm-immutable-immortal-laws-impress-d-on-nature-by-the-great/)

[Erasmus Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erasmus-darwin/)

> [ Opium is the only drug to' be rely'd on-all the boasted nostrums only take up time, and as the disease \[is\] often of short… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erasmus-darwin/opium-is-the-only-drug-to-be-rely-d-on-all-the-boasted-nostrums-only/)

[Erasmus Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erasmus-darwin/the-great-creator-of-all-things-has-infinitely-diversified-the-works/)

[Erasmus Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erasmus-darwin/)

> [Some philosophers have been of opinion that our immortal part acquires during this life certain habits of action or of sentiment, which become forever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erasmus-darwin/some-philosophers-have-been-of-opinion-that-our-immortal-part/)

[Erasmus Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erasmus-darwin/in-fact-the-a-priori-reasoning-is-so-entirely-satisfactory-to-me-that/)

[Erasmus Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erasmus-darwin/)

> [“It is often hazardous to marry an heiress, as she is not unfrequently the last of a diseased family.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erasmus-darwin/it-is-often-hazardous-to-marry-an-heiress-as-she-is-not-unfrequently/)

[Erasmus Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erasmus-darwin/)

> [So the horns of the stag are sharp to offend his adversary, but are branched for the purpose of parrying or receiving the thrusts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erasmus-darwin/so-the-horns-of-the-stag-are-sharp-to-offend-his-adversary-but-are/)

[Erasmus Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erasmus-darwin/)

> [No radiant pearl which crested Fortune wears, No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's ears, Not the bright stars which Night's blue arch adorn,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erasmus-darwin/no-radiant-pearl-which-crested-fortune-wears-no-gem-that-twinkling/)

[Erasmus Darwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erasmus-darwin/)

> [A fool, Mr, Edgeworth, is one who has never made an experiment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erasmus-darwin/a-fool-mr-edgeworth-is-one-who-has-never-made-an-experiment/)

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