A museum of natural history always seems to me like the tombs of Egyptian kings, in which various sorts of beasts and plants are preserved in mummified rigidity.


In: John Stuart Blackie, The Wisdom of Goethe, Nature - Natural History (p. 183), William Blackwood & Sons. Edinburgh, Scotland. 1883

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A museum of natural history always seems to me like the tombs of Egyptian kings, in which various sorts of beasts and plants are preserved in...

A museum of natural history always seems to me like the tombs of Egyptian kings, in which various sorts of beasts and plants are preserved in...

A museum of natural history always seems to me like the tombs of Egyptian kings, in which various sorts of beasts and plants are preserved in...

A museum of natural history always seems to me like the tombs of Egyptian kings, in which various sorts of beasts and plants are preserved in...