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Soon shall thy arm, unconquer'd steam! afar
Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car;
Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear
The flying chariot through the field of air.

Source: The Botanic Garden, Part i. Canto i. Line 289.
-- Erasmus Darwin, (Dec 12 1731-1802), English physician, poet; He verified the principles of botany in The Botanic Garden, 1789 and the laws of organic existence in Zoonomia; grandfather of Charles Darwin.

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