"Lusus naturae" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of a human face to be formed on the side of a mountain, or in the fracture of a small stone, by a lusus naturae. The face is an object of curiosity for years or centuries, and by and by a boy is born, whose features gradually assume the aspect of that portrait. At some critical juncture, the resemblance is found to be perfect. A prophecy may ...
— Passages From The American Notebooks, Volume 1 • Nathaniel Hawthorne |
