| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 53821 |
| QUOTATION: | I think that the leaf of a tree, the meanest insect on which we trample, are in themselves arguments more conclusive than any which can be adduced that some vast intellect animates Infinity. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Percy Bysshe Shelley (17921822), British poet. letter, Jan. 3, 1811. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Shelley Collection. |
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