"The mass starts into a million suns; Earths……" — Erasmus Darwin
"The mass starts into a million suns; Earths round each sun with quick explosions burst, And second planets issue from the first."
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Erasmus Darwin
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25 Quotes by Erasmus Darwin
Erasmus Darwin has 25 quotes on this site.
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From the sexual, or amatorial, generation of plants new varieties, or improvements, are frequently obtained; as many of the young…
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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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