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Published posthumously in 1830, this collection of poetry, autobiographical sketches, descriptions of dreams, philosophical musings on the afterlife and, in the view of one contemporary review, 'some [matter] almost bordering on the absurd' proved a poignant and controversial postscript to the illustrious life of perhaps the first celebrity scientist.
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When I was left alone I seated myself in the moonshine on one of the steps leading to the seats supposed to have been occupied by the patricians in the Colosaum at the time of the public games. The train of ideas in which I had indulged before my friends left me continued to flow with a vividness and force increased by the stillness and solitude of the scene; and the full moon has always a peculiar effect on these moods of feeling in my mind...' (Excerpt from Chapter 1)
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- PublisherBiblioLife
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0554358395
- ISBN 13 9780554358390
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages164
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