The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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lived in the sea on whales, grampuses and ships.  
Mars fearing for his life took refuge under the... of Jove.  
And at the great fall it seemed as though the whole province quaked.  
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This spirit returns to the brain whence it had departed, with a loud  
voice and with these words, it moved...  
And if any man though he may have wisdom or goodness .........  
[Footnote: This passage, very difficult to decipher, is on the  
reverse of a drawing at Windsor, Pl. CXXII, which possibly has some  
connection with it. The drawing is slightly reduced in this  
reproduction; the original being 25 cm. high by 19 cm. wide.]  
O blessed and happy spirit whence comest thou? Well have I known  
this man, much against my will. This one is a receptacle of  
villainy; he is a perfect heap of the utmost ingratitude combined  
with every vice. But of what use is it to fatigue myself with vain  
words? Nothing is to be found in them but every form of sin ... And  
if there should be found among them any that possesses any good,  
they will not be treated differently to myself by other men; and in  
fine, I come to the conclusion that it is bad if they are hostile,  
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