Erasmus Darwin und seine Stellung in der Geschichte der Descendenz-TheorieGünther, 1880 - 236 pages |
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Erasmus Darwin Und Seine Stellung in Der Geschichte Der Descendenz-Theorie Charles Darwin,Ernst Krause No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 232 - Organic life beneath the shoreless waves Was born and nurs'd in Ocean's pearly caves; First forms minute, unseen by spheric glass, Move on the mud or pierce the watery mass; These, as successive generations bloom, New powers acquire, and larger limbs assume; Whence countless groups of vegetation spring, And breathing realms of fin, and feet, and wing.
Page 225 - Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge or drive the rapid car ; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded, bear The flying chariot through the fields of air ; — Fair crews triumphant, leaning from above, Shall wave their fluttering kerchiefs as they move, Or warrior bands alarm the gaping crowd, And armies shrink beneath the shadowy cloud.
Page 225 - Chaos heard the potent word; Through all his realms the kindling ether runs, And the mass starts into a million suns; Earths round each sun with quick explosions burst, And second planets issue from the first; Bend as they journey with projectile force, In bright ellipses their reluctant course; Orbs wheel in orbs, round centres centres roll, And form self-balanced one revolving whole. Onward they move amid their bright abode, Space without bound, the Bosom of their God...
Page 191 - But, wrapp'd in night with terrors all his own, He speaks in thunder, when the deed is done. Hear him, ye Senates ! hear this truth sublime, " He, who allows oppression, shares the crime.
Page 72 - April, 1802. Of the rare union of Talents 'which so eminently distinguished him as a Physician, a Poet and Philosopher His writings remain a public and unfading testimony. His Widow has erected this monument in memory of the zealous benevolence of his disposition, the active humanity of his conduct, and the many private virtues which adorned his character.
Page 236 - Roll on, ye stars ! exult in youthful prime, Mark with bright curves the printless steps of time ; Near and more near your beamy cars approach, And lessening orbs on lessening orbs encroach ; Flowers of the sky ! ye, too, to age must yield. Frail as your silken sisters of the field...
Page 235 - Yes! smiling Flora drives her armed car Through the thick ranks of vegetable war; Herb, shrub, and tree, with strong emotions rise For light and air, and battle in the skies; Whose roots diverging with opposing toil Contend below for moisture and for soil...
Page 223 - Touched by the patriot flame, he rent amazed The flimsy bonds, and round and round him gazed Starts up from earth, above the admiring throng Lifts his colossal form, and towers along ; High o'er his foes his hundred arms he rears...
Page 233 - Trace on hard forms the circumscribing line; Which then the language of the rolling eyes From distant scenes of earth and heaven supplies; Those clear ideas of the touch and sight Rouse the quick sense to anguish or delight; Whence the fine power of IMITATION springs, And apes the outlines of external things; With ceaseless action to the world imparts All moral virtues, languages, and arts.
Page 233 - Nerved with fine touch above the bestial throngs, The hand, first gift of Heaven! to man belongs; Untipt with claws the circling fingers close, With rival points the bending thumbs oppose, Trace the nice lines of Form with sense refined, And clear ideas charm the thinking...