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An historical example of metaphor in science writing:
"…the fecund womb of Nature"
Athanasius Kircher
Quoted in Glassie, J. (2012). A Man of Misconceptions: The life of an eccentric in an age of change. Riverhead Books
Note: Nature was traditionally personified as a woman.
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