How Groups of Birds Got Their Names, with Wondrous Vintage Illustrations by Brian Wildsmith – The Marginalian
Language is an instrument of great precision and poignancy — our best tool for telling each other what the world ...
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Sermon Illustrations on Faith: Inspiration and Examples
So let me guess. You’ve found yourself partway through writing a sermon on a powerful subject and felt like things ...
The Wondrous Birds of the Himalayas and the Forgotten Victorian Woman Whose Illustrations Rewilded the Western Imagination – The Marginalian
Elizabeth Gould (July 18, 1804–August 15, 1841) found working as a governess “miserably-wretched dull.” Artistically and musically gifted, boundlessly curious ...
Stunning 200-Year-Old French Illustrations of Exotic, Endangered, and Extinct Birds – The Marginalian
From peacocks to penguins, a winged menagerie of wonder. By Maria Popova “How can the bird that is born for ...
Stunning Illustrations of Flowers Inspired by Erasmus Darwin’s Radical Scientific Poem About the Sexual Reproduction of Plants – The Marginalian
A century before Emily Dickinson wrote that “to be a Flower is profound Responsibility,” Erasmus Darwin (December 12, 1731–18 April ...
Arthur Rackham’s Haunting Illustrations for the Barrie Classic – The Marginalian
In the first years of the twentieth century, a strange book titled The Little White Bird, or Adventures in Kensington ...
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