... connected to nature, and encouraged scientific discovery because acquiring knowledge of nature increased the understanding of humanity as well. The Romantics believed in natural science; they viewed the world as composed of living things with feelings, not objects that only function (1). The idea of "infusing a spark" was considered to be advanced technology that added to the elements of science ... together, and endued with vital warmth" (Shelley 18). One experiment Percy and Lord Bryon may have discussed would be Darwin's tests on vorticella (Richardson 3). Darwin placed the dead Vortic...

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