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Thus Battell's statement that the Pongos "cannot speake, and have no understanding more than a beast," is rendered by Buffon "qu'il ne peut parler 'quoiqu'il ait plus d'entendement que les autres animaux'"; and again, Purchas 'affirmation, "He told me in conference with him, that one of these Pongos tooke a negro boy of his which lived a moneth with them," stands in the French version, "un pongo lui enleva un petit negre qui passa un' an 'entier dans la societe de ces animaux. "
Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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Thus Battell's statement that the Pongos "cannot speake, and have no understanding more than a beast," is rendered by Buffon "qu'il ne peut parler 'quoiqu'il ait plus d'entendement que les autres animaux'"; and again, Purchas 'affirmation, "He told me in conference with him, that one of these Pongos tooke a negro boy of his which lived a moneth with them," stands in the French version, "un pongo lui enleva un petit negre qui passa un' an 'entier dans la societe de ces animaux. "
Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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Even Richelieu, “quoiqu 'admirateur indulgent de la mediocrite,” could not stand Calprenede's tragedies.
The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 Parry, Edward A 1901
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Even Richelieu, "quoiqu 'admirateur indulgent de la médiocrité," could not stand Calprenede's tragedies.
Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54) 1888
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[10]: Professor Burdach (as trad, par Jourdan), in speaking of the productive power of nature, says, "Limitée quant á l 'étendue de ses manifestations, elle continue toujottrs d' agir pour la conservation de ce qui a été créé, et, quoiqu 'elle ne maintenue les formes organiques supérieures que par la seule propagation, il ne répugne point au bon sens de penser qu' aujourd 'hui encore elle a la puissance de produire les formes inférieures avec des eléments hétérogénes, comme elle a créé originairement tout ce qui posséde l' organisation."
Life: Its True Genesis R. W. Wright
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"Au reste, ma fille, une de mes grandes envies, ce serait d'être dévote; je ne suis ni an Dieu, ni an Diable; cet état m'ennuie, quoiqu 'entre nous je le trouve le plus naturel du monde.
Sir George Tressady — Volume II Humphry Ward 1885
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