Paradise Found, by William F. Warren, , at sacred-texts.com And
the Lord God planted a garden. And out of the ground made the
Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and
good for food.The Book of Genesis. Moreover, there were a great
number of elephants in the island; and there was provision for
animals of every kind. Also whatever fragrant things there are
in the earth, whether roots, or herbage, or woods, or distilling
drops of flowers or fruits, grew and thrived in that land.The
Critias of Plato. Wie verkehrt man überhaupt geht, wenn man
lediglich aus dem Kreise unsrer jetzigen Erfahrung die Urwelt
construiren will, haben uns die paläontologischen Entdeckungen
der neuern Zeit gelehrt, die eben in der Urwelt uns die
riesenhaftesten and wunderbarsten Thiergestalten vorführen.Dr.
H. Lüken. According to all ancient traditions and beliefs, the
cradle of the human race was in a portion of the world
characterized by an altogether extraordinary exuberance of life.
Of all lands the sun shone upon