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Glaucus; Or, The Wonders of the Shore
·
Charles Kingsley
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He
has
said—
and
must
be
allowed
to
say
again,
for
he
sees
no
reason
to
alter
his
words—
in
speaking
of
the
wonderful
variety
of
forms
in
the
Euphorbiaceæ,
from
the
weedy
English
Euphorbias,
the
Dog’s
Mercuries,
and
the
Box,
to
the
prickly-stemmed
Scarlet
Euphorbia
of
Madagascar,
the
succulent
Cactus-like
Euphorbias
of
the
Canaries
and
elsewhere;
the
Gale-like
Phyllanthus;
the
many-formed
Crotons;
the
Hemp-like
Maniocs,
Physic-nuts,
Castor-oils,
the
scarlet
Poinsettia,
the
little
pink
and
yellow
Dalechampia,
the
poisonous
Manchineel,
and
the
gigantic
Hura,
or
sandbox
tree,
of
the
West
Indies,—
all
so
different
in
shape
and
size,
yet
all
alike
in
their
most
peculiar
and
complex
fructification,
and
in
their
acrid
milky
juice,—
“What
if
all
these
forms
are
the
descendants
of
one
original
form?
Would
that
be
one
whit
the
more
wonderful
than
the
theory
that
they
were,
each
and
all,
with
the
minute,
and
often
imaginary,
shades
of
difference
between
certain
cognate
species
among
them,
created
separately
and
at
once?
But
if
it
be
so—
which
I
cannot
allow—
what
would
the
theologian
have
to
say,
save
that
God’s
works
are
even
more
wonderful
than
he
always
believed
them
to
be?
As
for
the
theory
being
impossible—
that
is
to
be
decided
by
men
of
science,
on
strict
experimental
grounds.
As
for
us
theologians,
who
are
we,
that
we
should
limit,
à
priori,
the
power
of
God?
‘Is
anything
too
hard
for
the
Lord?’
asked
the
prophet
of
old;
and
we
have
a
right
to
ask
it
as
long
as
the
world
shall
last.
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