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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
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Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle
51
Then
the
Empress
commanded
her
Anatomists
to
dissect
such
kinds
of
Creatures
as
are
called
Monsters.
But
they
answered
her
Majesty,
That
it
would
be
but
an
unprofitable
and
useless
work,
and
hinder
their
better
imployments;
for
when
we
dissect
dead
Animals,
said
they,
it
is
for
no
other
end,
but
to
observe
what
defects
and
distempers
they
had,
that
we
may
cure
the
like
in
living
ones,
so
that
all
our
care
and
industry
concerns
onely
the
preservation
of
Mankind;
but
we
hope
your
Majesty
will
not
preserve
Monsters,
which
are
most
commonly
destroyed,
except
it
be
for
novelty:
Neither
will
the
dissection
of
Monsters
prevent
the
errors
of
Nature's
irregular
actions;
for
by
dissecting
some,
we
cannot
prevent
the
production
of
others;
so
that
our
pains
and
labour
will
be
to
no
purpose,
unless
to
satisfie
the
vain
curiosities
of
inquisitive
men.
The
Empress
replied,
That
such
dissections
would
be
very
beneficial
to
Experimental
Philosophers.
If
Experimental
Philosophers,
answer'd
they,
do
spend
their
time
in
such
useless
Inspections,
they
waste
it
in
vain,
and
have
nothing
but
their
labour
for
their
pains.
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