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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.
George Henry Lewes
Born: April 18, 1817
Died: November 30, 1878 (aged 61)
Bio: George Henry Lewes was an English philosopher and critic of literature and theatre. He became part of the mid-Victorian ferment of ideas which encouraged discussion of Darwinism, positivism, and religious scepticism.
Known for:
- Problems of life and mind (1873)
- The physiology of common life (1859)
- The principles of success in literature
- The Life of Goethe
- Ranthorpe (1847)
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