And furthermore
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"But gardens, Eden or Kew, are not the right metaphors here, for the primeval has nothing to do with the human, but has to do with the ancient, the aboriginal, the beginning of all things. The primeval, the sublime, are much better words here - for they indicate realms remote from the moral or the human, realms which force us to gaze into immense vistas of space and time, where the beginnings and originations of all things lie hidden."
- Oliver Sacks, The Island of the Color-blind (again)
- Oliver Sacks, The Island of the Color-blind (again)