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Quotation from History of Animals by Aristotle
“This spot palpitates and moves as though it were endued with life”
History of Animals, Book VI, Ch. III, §2, trans. Richard Cresswell (1862)
Aristotle's description of the embryonic heart appearing in the hen's egg after about three days, the start of his day-by-day account of development.
Citation: "This spot palpitates and moves as though it were endued with life" — Aristotle, History of Animals, Book VI, Ch. III, §2, trans. Richard Cresswell (1862). (id aristotle-history-of-animals-q5)
