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It is difficult, almost impossible, to find the book from which something either valuable or amusing may not be found, if the proper alembic be applied.

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
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John Hill Burton

John Hill Burton

Born: August 22, 1809
Died: August 10, 1881 (aged 71)
Bio: John Hill Burton was a Scottish advocate, historian and economist. The author of "Life and Correspondence of David Hume", he was secretary of the Scottish Prison Board, and Historiographer Royal.
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  1. Life and correspondence of David Hume (1846)
  2. The book-hunter, etc (1862)
  3. The Scot Abroad

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