Lucretius Quote

Next in order I will proceed to discuss by what law of nature it comes to pass that iron can be attracted by that stone which the Greeks call the Magnet from the name of its native place, because it has its origin within the bounds of the country of the Magnesians.

In: Great Books of the Western World (Volume 12), Lucretius: on the Nature of Things, Book Six, l. 906-911 (p. 92)