Book ii

. Sect. 20._

Everything is soothed by oil, and this is the reason why divers send out small quantities of it from their mouths, because it smooths every part which is rough.[717-1]

_Natural History. Book ii . Sect. 234._

It is far from easy to determine whether she [Nature] has proved to him a kind parent or a merciless stepmother.[717-2]

_Natural History. Book vii . Sect. 1._

Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.[717-3]

_Natural History.