The roots of the deepest love die in the heart, if not tenderly cherished.
Man is a central creature between the animals, that is to say, the most perfect form, which unites the traits of all in the most complete epitome.
So says the most ancient book of the Earth; thus it is written on its leaves of marble, lime, sand, slate, and clay: ... that our Earth has fashioned itself, from its chaos of substances and powers, through the animating warmth of the creative spirit, to a peculiar and original whole, by a series of preparatory revolutions, till at last the crown of its creation, the exquisite and tender creature man, was enabled to appear.
