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“They know Earth-secrets that know not I.”
- Date
- 1901
Meaning of “They know Earth-secrets that know not I.”
The speaker ends by conceding that the small creatures may possess forms of earthly knowledge unavailable to him, turning observation into intellectual humility.
Where does it come from?
“An August Midnight,” Project Gutenberg #3168. The line is poetic speculation about nonhuman knowledge rather than a scientific claim about insect cognition.
