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... Genius is patience , ' was originally coined by Buffon , and not by any of the various persons to whom , in these inaccurate days , it is from time to time ascribed ; and Buffon was dosing somewhat , I think , when he said it .
... Genius is patience , ' was originally coined by Buffon , and not by any of the various persons to whom , in these inaccurate days , it is from time to time ascribed ; and Buffon was dosing somewhat , I think , when he said it .
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These doses of soothing syrup were swallowed by the British public with the same hypnotised subjection to power of words which led the electors in 1880 to reject , under Mr. Gladstone's influence , Lord Beaconsfield's warning of the ...
These doses of soothing syrup were swallowed by the British public with the same hypnotised subjection to power of words which led the electors in 1880 to reject , under Mr. Gladstone's influence , Lord Beaconsfield's warning of the ...
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