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Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Charles Lyell
Born: November 14, 1797
Died: February 22, 1875 (aged 77)
Bio: Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet was a British lawyer and the foremost geologist of his day.
Known for:
- Principles of Geology (1830)
- Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man (1863)
- Elements of Geology (1838)
- The Student's Elements of Geology (1871)
- A Second Visit (1855)
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