OR, THE LAWS OF ORGANIC LIFE. VOL. I. By ERASMUS DARWIN, M.D. F.R.S. AUTHOR OF THE BOTANIC GARDEN. Principiò cœlum, ac terras, campofque liquentes, Lucentemque globum lunæ, titaniaque aftra, VIRG. Æn. vi, Earth, on whofe lap a thousand nations tread, 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. THE SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, IN ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD. DEDICATION. To the candid and ingenious Members of the College of Physicians, of the Royal Philofophical Society, of the Two Universities, and to all those, who study the Operations of the Mind as a Science, or who practise Medicine as a Profession, the subsequent Work is, with great respect, inscribed by the Author. DIRBY, May 1, 1794. |