Huygens, Christiaan, Christiani Hugenii opera varia; Bd. 2: Opera geometrica. Opera astronomica. Varia de optica
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            petitur ex arboribus materia qua domos naveſque fabrica-
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            mus. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9290" xml:space="preserve">Et lino veſtes paramus, excogitatis nendi & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9291" xml:space="preserve">texen-
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            di artificiis. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9292" xml:space="preserve">Ex cannabe, ſpartove, fila ac funiculos tor-
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            quemus; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9293" xml:space="preserve">ex filis vela ac retia conficimus, ex funiculis ru-
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            dentes & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9294" xml:space="preserve">funes anchorarios. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9295" xml:space="preserve">Florum porro odoribus co-
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            loribuſque oblectamur; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9296" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9297" xml:space="preserve">quamvis ſint etiam qui nares
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            offendant, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9298" xml:space="preserve">noxiæ quædam herbæ inveniantur, tamen
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            in iis ſæpe boni quid deliteſcit; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9299" xml:space="preserve">vel fortaſſe hoc egit na-
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            tura ut comparatione mali bona magis eminerent: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9300" xml:space="preserve">quod
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            multis in rebus ſecuta videtur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9301" xml:space="preserve">Quanta vero ex anima-
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            libus eſt utilitas? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9302" xml:space="preserve">Oves lanam ad veſtitum præbent, vac-
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            cæ lac; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9303" xml:space="preserve">utræque carnes ad veſcendum. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9304" xml:space="preserve">Aſinis, camelis,
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            equis, ad portandas ſarcinas utimur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9305" xml:space="preserve">His etiam ut nos
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            vel inſcenſi vehant, vel curribus juncti pertrahant. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9306" xml:space="preserve">Ubi
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            egregium illud rotarum inventum occurrit, quod libenter
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            Planetarum quoque habitatoribus adſcriberem, cum jam in
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            ſocietate eos vivere & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9307" xml:space="preserve">domos ædificare pene evicerim.
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9308" xml:space="preserve">Utrum vero etiam animalibus pro cibo utantur, an Py-
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            thagoræ ſimile dogma ſequantur, non habeo quod affir-
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            mem. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9309" xml:space="preserve">Apparet quidem hoc homini datum eſſe, ut omni-
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            bus iis alatur quæ vel in terra vel in aquis naſcuntur, ſi
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            quid nutrimenti contineant; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9310" xml:space="preserve">ut herbis, pomis, lacte, o-
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            vis, melle, piſcibus, volucrum quadrupedumque plurimo-
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            rum carnibus. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9311" xml:space="preserve">In quo mirum ſane videri poteſt, animal
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            illud rationis compos ita eſſe comparatum, ut cum mul-
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            torum aliorum pernicie cædeque vivat. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9312" xml:space="preserve">Nec tamen natu-
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            ræ præſeripto contrarium hoc eſſe putandum eſt, cum pla-
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            cuiſſe ei videamus ut leones, lupi, aliaque rapacia, pe-
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            cudes & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9313" xml:space="preserve">infirmiora quælibet pabuli loco habeant: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9314" xml:space="preserve">aquilæ
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            columbas leporeſque prædentur: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9315" xml:space="preserve">Piſcium permulti piſcicu-
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            los ſe minores devorent. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9316" xml:space="preserve">Quin & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9317" xml:space="preserve">canum varia genera
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            ad venandum nobis largita eſt, ut quæ pedibus noſtris
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            perſequi nequiremus, illorum celeritate ac ſagacitate con-
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            ſequeremur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9318" xml:space="preserve">Præter omnem vero iſtam ex viventibus her-
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            biſque utilitatem, hanc quoque delectationem ex iis nos
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            capere voluit rerum conditor, ut varias eorum formas </s>
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