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Date: 8 Apr 1996 15:01:34 -0700
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...and the one from Emerson is from his long and multiply revised ode to
Nature, called May-Day (first edition in 1867).  It's a lovely metaphor for
evolution, despite its decidedly Lamarckian flavor (in the orthogenetic
context).



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