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
Name: Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Type: Lawyer Nationality: French Birth: April 1, 1755 Death: February 2, 1826 |