My mind reels when, on this height, I look down on the long ages that have flowed by like waves in the sound and have left traces of the ancient world, traces so nearly obscured that they can only whisper now that everything else has been silenced.
Biological taxonomy
A deeply philosophical reflection on deep time and the ephemeral nature of human knowledge in the face of geological history.
18th Century
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"The species are the work of the divine hand, the genera are the work of reason."
Strange & Unusual"Homo Sapiens. Diurnus; varians cultura, loco. Europaeus albus, Asiaticus luridus, Africanus niger, Americanus rufus."
Shocking"The number of species is fixed and unchanging."
Controversial"Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature."
Strange & Unusual"The species and the genus are always the work of nature [i.e. specially created]; the variety mostly that of circumstance; the class and the order are the work of nature and art."
Philosophical