"To the natural philosopher there is no natural object unimportant or trifling…a soap bubble…an apple…a pebble…He walks in the midst of wonders." John Herschel, A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy (1830)
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Assignment for Thursday, December 4
Continue to prepare your poem for the recitation on Monday, December 8. Also, read and annotate Act 1 of William Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing. Be sure to identify any interesting rhetorical features in the characters' language.