ZOONOMIAs 



O R, 



THE LAWS 



OF 



ORGANIC LIFE. 



VOL. I. 

 BT ERASMUS DARWIN, M.D.JF.R.S. 



AUTHOR OF THE BOTANIC GARDEN. 



Principio coelum, ac terras, campofque liquentcs, 

 .Lucentemque globum lunas, titaniaque ailra, 

 Spiritus intus alit, totamque infufa per artus 

 Mens agitat molem, et magno fe corpore mifcet. 



ViRG.-ffin.vL 



Earth, on whofe lap a thoufand nations tread, 



And Ocean, brooding his prolific bed, 



Night's changeful orb, blue pole, and filvery zones, 



Where other worlds encircle other funs, 



One Mind inhabits, one diffufive Soul 



Wields the large limbs, and mingles with the whole. 



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