The human bird shall take his first flight, filling the world with amazement, all writings with his fame, and bringing eternal glory to the nest whence he sprang.


Quoted in Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky, The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci: The Forerunner, Chapter XI (p. 300), G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1903


The human bird shall take his first flight, filling the world with amazement, all writings with his fame, and bringing eternal glory to the nest...

The human bird shall take his first flight, filling the world with amazement, all writings with his fame, and bringing eternal glory to the nest...

The human bird shall take his first flight, filling the world with amazement, all writings with his fame, and bringing eternal glory to the nest...

The human bird shall take his first flight, filling the world with amazement, all writings with his fame, and bringing eternal glory to the nest...