Life in Brazil, or a Journal of a Visit to the Land of the Cocoa and the Palm: With an Appendix, Containing Illustrations of Ancient South American ... Industry, and Works in Stone, Pottery, Gold - Softcover

Excerpt from Life in Brazil, or a Journal of a Visit to the Land of the Cocoa and the Palm: With an Appendix, Containing Illustrations of Ancient South American Arts in Recently Discovered Implements and Products of Domestic Industry, and Works in Stone, Pottery, Gold, Silver, Bronze, &C

The present times are the beginning of a fresh chapter in man's history, and look not unlike the opening of a new epoch in the development of his being. Habits and impulses hither to rudimental seem ready to burst into maturity, as if the larva state of his existence was closing, and he was about to use wings as well as feet - an age of locomotion, and the prelude to one of flight.

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