The frog instantly dies when the spinal cord is pierced; and previous to this it lived without head without heart or any bowels or intestines orskin; and here therefore it would seem lies the foundation of move- ment and life.

To compare the bone structure of the horse with that of the man you should show the man on tiptoe in representing the legs.

The eye encompasses the beauty of the whole world.

The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.

The senses are of the earth, the reason stands apart from them in contemplation.

The eye, the window of the soul, is the chief means whereby the understanding can most fully and abundantly appreciate the infinite works of Nature; and the ear is second.