One is the fire of the artificer; the other is expressive of that vital heat which cherishes health and vigour, and pervades organized nature. […]  1. — Daybreak in fair weather, affords a most beautiful prospect of nature. […] It represents unequal unions in which the unequal gifts of nature are balanced by those of fortune. […] In the season of flowers, when all nature is jocund and smiling, the Romans instituted games to her, called Floralia, which were celebrated with the most licentious rites. […] They are described as being of superior dignity to man, but of a nature inferior to the gods.