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There was a period in man’s history when science deeply influenced the literary production of sensitive souls, men and women of open and enlightened minds, such as that great mystic and visionary poet, William Blake who was so deeply impressed by certain aspects of the science of his time, that he created a myth about a strange tree, that could dispense death. His colleagues and intellectuals wrote about trees that sprouted ducks and lambs, all based upon so-called scientific observations. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"74003","attributes":{"alt":"William Blake by Thomas Phillips (1807) National Portrait Gallery (Public Domain)","class":"media-image","height":"700","style":"width: 553px; height: 700px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"553"}}]] William Blake by Thomas Phillips (1807) National Portrait Gallery ( Public Domain) Gullible Poets And Physicians William Blake was born in London in 1757. The third