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Excerpt from Scala Naturae: And Other Poems
Truth is not divisible into two different sorts - the scientific and unscientific; but some of its details are more familiar than others, and a certain familiarity is necessary to rid the mind of an uncomfortable sense of intricacy, to allow our dispensing with the unsightly aids of technicality, and to enable as to have full enjoyment of any subject. The technical and intricate I have therefore sought to avoid. N o doubt there are some literary men who have no acquaintance with either organic or inorganic Nature, but these may be warned by the title of this book that Nature is its subject and I solace myself with the conviction that the days are very near when some slight knowledge of the world in which we live will be expected from every one who claims to possess a liberal education.
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