Lucretius, De rerum natura: Libri Sex (Vol. I, Text), 1893

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              sed bona magnaque pars servabat foedera caste;
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              aut genus humanum iam tum foret omne peremptum
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              nec potuisset adhuc perducere saecla propago.
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              <s id="s.001394">At varios linguae sonitus natura subegit
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              mittere et utilitas expressit nomina rerum,
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              non alia longe ratione atque ipsa videtur
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              protrahere ad gestum pueros infantia linguae,
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              cum facit ut digito quae sint praesentia monstrent.</s>
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              <s id="s.001395">sentit enim vim quisque suam quoad possit abuti.</s>
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              <s id="s.001396">cornua nata prius vitulo quam frontibus extent,
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              illis iratus petit atque infestus inurget.
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              at catuli pantherarum scymnique leonum
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              unguibus ac pedibus iam tum morsuque repugnant,
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              vix etiam cum sunt dentes unguesque creati.</s>
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              <s id="s.001397">alituum porro genus alis omne videmus
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              fidere et a pinnis tremulum petere auxillatum.
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              proinde putare aliquem tum nomina distribuisse
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              rebus et inde homines didicisse vocabula prima,
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              desiperest. </s>
              <s id="s.001398">nam cur hic posset cuncta notare
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              vocibus et varios sonitus emittere linguae,
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              tempore eodem alii facere id non quisse putentur?</s>
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              praeterea si non alii quoque vocibus usi
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              inter se fuerant, unde insita notities est
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              utilitatis et unde data est huic prima potestas,
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              quid vellet facere ut sciret animoque videret ?</s>
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