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James King Davidson’s Journal

Posted on June 10, 2011 by blumenel

James King Davidson was a senior at Dickinson College in 1829. Born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in 1810, he went on to receive his M.D. from the Jefferson Medical College. A notebook of his, now part of Dickinson College’s Special … Continue reading →

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Mimosa

Posted on June 10, 2011 by blumenel

Percy Shelley’s poem “The Sensitive Plant” is based on a natural history specimen, a member of the mimosa family.  In Shelley’s poem the plant is personified in a powerfully anthropomorphic way: A Sensitive Plant in a garden grew, And the … Continue reading →

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Dorothy Wordsworth

Posted on June 10, 2011 by blumenel

Dorothy Wordsworth (1751-1855) was an engaged and engaging naturalist in her own right. Here she describes the spring flowers that would become the subject for perhaps her brother William‘s most famous poem: “When we were in the woods beyond Gowbarrow … Continue reading →

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