Vegetables, which are the lowest in the scale of living things, are fed by roots, which, implanted in the native soil, select by the action of a peculiar mechanism, different subjects, which serve to increase and to nourish them.
-- Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
   
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin   Name:
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Type:
Lawyer
Nationality:
French
Birth:
April 1, 1755
Death:
February 2, 1826
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