Nature proceeds little by little from things lifeless to animal life i…

Thomas Browne
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Nature proceeds little by little from things lifeless to animal life in such a way that it is impossible to determine the exact line ure hath made one world, and art another. In brief, all things are artificial; for nature is the Art of God. ✨ Religio Medici pt. 1, sec. 16 (1643)
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Nature proceeds little by little from things lifeless to animal life in such a way that it is impossible to determine the exact line ure hath made one world, and art another. In brief, all things are artificial; for nature is the Art of God. ✨ Religio Medici pt. 1, sec. 16 (1643)

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