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“The study of nature embraced many overlapping approaches. Collecting and classifying objects was called natural history. Deducing general laws was the work of natural philosophers. The search for God—the Christian God—in the natural world was the purview of natural theology. Along similar lines, mysterious natural forces and transformations—changes related to life and death, electricity and magnetism, the formation of crystals and gases—had long been understood as natural magic.”
― Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science
― Natural Magic: Emily Dickinson, Charles Darwin, and the Dawn of Modern Science
“Margolin was raised in New Orleans, in the Jewish Orphans’ Home, which entitled her to a first-class education at the Isidore Newman Manual Training School. Together these two institutions—both founded upon a bedrock of Hebrew benevolence and social justice—”
― Fair Labor Lawyer: The Remarkable Life of New Deal Attorney and Supreme Court Advocate Bessie Margolin
― Fair Labor Lawyer: The Remarkable Life of New Deal Attorney and Supreme Court Advocate Bessie Margolin
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Benja’s 2025 Year in Books
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