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Robert Dick : baker, of Thurso, geologist and botanist / by Samuel Smiles.

  • Samuel Smiles
Date:
1878
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Robert Dick : baker, of Thurso, geologist and botanist / by Samuel Smiles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BAKER, OF THURSO GEOLOGIST AND BOTANIST By SAMUEL SMILES, LL.D. AUTHOR OF ‘LIVES OF THE ENGINEERS,’ ‘SELF-HELP,’ ‘ THRIFT,’ ‘CHARACTER, ETC. WITH A PORTRAIT ETCHED BY PAUL RAJON, AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS ‘In Nature’s infinite book of secrecy A little I can read,’ SHAKESPEARE, ‘The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight ; But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night.’ LONGFELLow, LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET | 1878 [The right of translation is reserved.]
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