Volume Volume2\Philosophical Maxims & Morals
Entry# 1207. Against alchemists (1207. 1208).
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Against alchemists (1207. 1208).
The false interpreters of nature declare that quicksilver is the
common seed of every metal, not remembering that nature varies the
seed according to the variety of the things she desires to produce
in the world.