Naturalism Continued
{"Image DocumentName": "Naturalism Continued", "Image ImageDescription": "Virtue and vice are products like vitriol (of glass) and sugar --that is, that human beings as products should be studied impartially, without moralizing about their natures. Other influences on American naturalists include Herbert Spencer and Joseph LeConte. Word Origin & History. vitriol c.1386, sulphate of iron, from O.Fr. vitriol (13c.), from M.L. vitriolum vitriol, from neut. of vitriolus, from L.L. vitreolus of glass, from L. vitreus of glass, glassy, from vitrium glass (see vitreous). So called from its glassy appearance in certain states. Meaning bitter or caustic feelings first attested 1769, in allusion to the corrosive properties of vitriol.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}