Memoirs of John Abernethy, F.R.S.: With a View of His Lectures, Writings, and Character |
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Page 1 - God, to be a preparation for another; and that, to be the means of attaining to another succeeding one: infancy to childhood; childhood to youth; youth to mature age. Men are impatient, and for precipitating things: but the Author of nature appears deliberate throughout his operations; accomplishing his natural ends by slow successive steps.
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