Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work. (Pliny the Elder)

Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.

Pliny the Elder

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