"From the sexual, or amatorial, generation of plants……" — Erasmus Darwin
"From the sexual, or amatorial, generation of plants new varieties, or improvements, are frequently obtained; as many of the young plants from seeds are dissimilar to the parent, and some of them superior to the parent in the qualities we wish to possess... Sexual reproduction is the chef d'oeuvre, the master-piece of nature."
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Erasmus Darwin
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25 Quotes by Erasmus Darwin
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Owing to the imperfection of language the offspring is termed a new animal, but it is in truth a branch…
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The great CREATOR of all things has infinitely diversified the works of his hands, but has at the same time…
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Some philosophers have been of opinion that our immortal part acquires during this life certain habits of action or of…
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To respect the cat is the beginning of the aesthetic sense.
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We hence acquire this sublime and interesting idea; that all the calcareous mountains in the world, and all the strata…
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Life is a forced state! I am surprized that we live, rather than that our friends die.
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There are some modern practitioners, who declaim against medical theory in general, not considering that to think is to theorize;…
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A fool, Mr, Edgeworth, is one who has never made an experiment.
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Such is the condition of organic nature! whose first law might be expressed in the words 'Eat or be eaten!'…
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The colours of insects and many smaller animals contribute to conceal them from the larger ones which prey upon them.…
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Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on…
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In fact the a priori reasoning is so entirely satisfactory to me that if the facts won't fit in, why…
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