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The Botanic Garden, a Poem, in Two Parts: Containing the Economy of Vegetation and the Loves of the Plants, With Philosophical Notes (Classic Reprint)

by Erasmus Darwin

2018-12-06 01:38:35

The general design of the following sheets is to inlist Imagination under the banner of Science; and to lead her votaries from the looser analogies, which dress out the imagery of poetry, to the stricter, ones which form the ratiocination of philosop ... Read more
The general design of the following sheets is to inlist Imagination under the banner of Science; and to lead her votaries from the looser analogies, which dress out the imagery of poetry, to the stricter, ones which form the ratiocination of philosophy. While their particular design is to induce the ingenious to cultivate the knowledge of Botany, by introducing them to the vestibule of that delightful science, and recommending to their attention the immortal works of the celebrated Swedish Naturalist, LINNEUS. Less

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Erasmus Darwin
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British physiologist and poet, born in Nottinghamshire, England, and educated at the universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh. He practiced medicine most of his life. His chief poetic work was The Bota...

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