The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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We shall see the horns of certain beasts fitted to iron tools, which  
will take the lives of many of their kind.  
(Of Night when no Colour can be discerned.)  
There will come a time when no difference can be discerned between  
colours, on the contrary, everything will be black alike.  
(Of Swords and Spears which by themselves never hurt any one.)  
One who by himself is mild enough and void of all offence will  
become terrible and fierce by being in bad company, and will most  
cruelly take the life of many men, and would kill many more if they  
were not hindered by bodies having no soul, that have come out of  
caverns--that is, breastplates of iron.  
(Of Snares and Traps.)  
Many dead things will move furiously, and will take and bind the  
living, and will ensnare them for the enemies who seek their death  
and destruction.  
(Of Metals.)  
That shall be brought forth out of dark and obscure caves, which  
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