Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge Quote

A plant is a great chemist: it distinguishes and separates substances more definitely and accurately than man can, with all his skill, his intelligence, and his appliances.


In: Celia Thaxter, An Island Garden, Chapter Five (pp. 87-88)


A plant is a great chemist: it distinguishes and separates substances more definitely and accurately than man can, with all his skill, his...

A plant is a great chemist: it distinguishes and separates substances more definitely and accurately than man can, with all his skill, his...

A plant is a great chemist: it distinguishes and separates substances more definitely and accurately than man can, with all his skill, his...

A plant is a great chemist: it distinguishes and separates substances more definitely and accurately than man can, with all his skill, his...