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.
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"The more hidden the flower, the sweeter the scent."
"The greatest pleasure of a naturalist is to make new discoveries."
"Natural bodies are divided into three kingdoms of nature: viz. the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms. Minerals grow, Plants grow and live, Animals grow, live, and have feeling."
"The only true knowledge is that which is acquired through the senses."
"The European is inventive, governed by laws, and wears tight clothing."
A deeply philosophical reflection on deep time and the ephemeral nature of human knowledge in the face of geological history.
Date: 18th Century
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