That Such have died enable Us
The tranquiller to die－
That Such have lived,
Certificate for Immortality.
The tranquiller to die－
That Such have lived,
Certificate for Immortality.
(F.1082/J.1030)
[1] Such, died:: dead animals. enable:: to allow us to make specimen.
[2] die:: to cast, mold a specimen. tranquiller:: more stable (during the molding).
[3] Such, lived:: the dead animals being alive in outlook.
[4] Certificate:: the qualification of a specimen.
One very perfect specimen, which had fixed itself close to the extreme end of the line, and was still convulsively grasping it with its long spinous arms, was secured in situ on the rope, and consigned to immortality in a bottle of spirits. ─ Notes on the Presence of Animal Life (1860)
