Erasmus Darwin

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Would it be too bold to imagine, that in the great length of time, since the earth began to exist, perhaps millions of ages before the comencement of the history of mankind, would it be too bold to imagine, that all warm-blooded animals have arisen from one living filament which the Great First Cause endured with animality... And thus possessing the faculty of continuing to improve by its own inherent activity, and of delivering down those improvements by generation to its posterity, world without end!

Erasmus Darwin

Zoonomia

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Topic

Evolution

Author

Erasmus Darwin

Source

Zoonomia

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1794 1790s 18th century

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Citation

Darwin, Erasmus. Zoonomia; or the Laws of Organic Life. Vol. 1, London: Joseph Johnson, 1794, sec. 39.

Soon shall thy arm, unconquere'd steam! afar
Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car;
Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear
The flying-chariot through the fields of air.

Erasmus Darwin

The Botanic Garden

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Topic

Technological progress

Author

Erasmus Darwin

Source

The Botanic Garden

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1791 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Darwin, Erasmus. The Botanic Garden. London: Joseph Johnson, 1791, pt. 1.