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... university he was enabled to testant minister , and intended him for pursue his favourite study , in its appli- the church ; but from an intuitive love cation to physical science , and paying for natural history , he preferred the great ...
... university he was enabled to testant minister , and intended him for pursue his favourite study , in its appli- the church ; but from an intuitive love cation to physical science , and paying for natural history , he preferred the great ...
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... university , can attest he gained universal respect and esteem among all his teachers and all his fellow- pupils . I will only add that , soon after leaving Edinburgh , upon a late occasion in last May , I found that at Oxford he held ...
... university , can attest he gained universal respect and esteem among all his teachers and all his fellow- pupils . I will only add that , soon after leaving Edinburgh , upon a late occasion in last May , I found that at Oxford he held ...
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... University ap- pointments , and various preferments in the Church . His Greek Old and New Testaments have been carefully pre- pared . He is also the author of several papers contributed to serials and other periodical publications , and ...
... University ap- pointments , and various preferments in the Church . His Greek Old and New Testaments have been carefully pre- pared . He is also the author of several papers contributed to serials and other periodical publications , and ...
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... University of Königsberg , but subse- without adventitious aid , took his place quently departed from that path to enter among the principal vaudevillistes of the the more congenial field of astronomical day . He wrote incessantly for ...
... University of Königsberg , but subse- without adventitious aid , took his place quently departed from that path to enter among the principal vaudevillistes of the the more congenial field of astronomical day . He wrote incessantly for ...
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... University . In 1853 , having been ap- loors , from a Peer's Son , " discussing the pointed Rector of the University , he question of non - intrusion , in which he chose as the subject of his opening ad- advocated the independence of ...
... University . In 1853 , having been ap- loors , from a Peer's Son , " discussing the pointed Rector of the University , he question of non - intrusion , in which he chose as the subject of his opening ad- advocated the independence of ...
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