James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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... natural shrewdness , and very soon began to climb , as such men do . The landlord of the district appointed him his Baron Bailie , an office which then had important judicial functions . He rose to high position in the town , being ...
... natural shrewdness , and very soon began to climb , as such men do . The landlord of the district appointed him his Baron Bailie , an office which then had important judicial functions . He rose to high position in the town , being ...
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... nature ; but the visits to the same kind uncle " on the bonnie , " bonnie banks o ' Loch Lomond , " where the summer months were spent , gave the youth his happiest days . Indefatigable in habits of observation and research , and ...
... nature ; but the visits to the same kind uncle " on the bonnie , " bonnie banks o ' Loch Lomond , " where the summer months were spent , gave the youth his happiest days . Indefatigable in habits of observation and research , and ...
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... . His most intimate schoolfellow was Andrew Ander- son , whose elder brother , John Anderson , was the well- known Professor of natural philosophy , the first to open classes for the instruction of working - men in CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH 19.
... . His most intimate schoolfellow was Andrew Ander- son , whose elder brother , John Anderson , was the well- known Professor of natural philosophy , the first to open classes for the instruction of working - men in CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH 19.
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... natural philosophy , who strongly advised him to proceed to London , where he could receive better instruction than it was possible to obtain in Scotland at that time . The kind Professor , diviner of latent genius , went so far as to ...
... natural philosophy , who strongly advised him to proceed to London , where he could receive better instruction than it was possible to obtain in Scotland at that time . The kind Professor , diviner of latent genius , went so far as to ...
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... nature ever the same down to the roots . Many distinctions , few differences in life . We are all kin , members of the one family , playing with different toys . So deep down into the ranks of labor goes the salt of pride of profession ...
... nature ever the same down to the roots . Many distinctions , few differences in life . We are all kin , members of the one family , playing with different toys . So deep down into the ranks of labor goes the salt of pride of profession ...
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