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William Winwood Reade

"The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food."

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"The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food."

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William Winwood Reade
"The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food."
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