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Excerpt from Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men
In some few instances also we have found ourselves called upon to adopt a more critical tone; where we were disposed to dissent from the view taken by the author on particular questions of a controversial kind, or when he is arguing in support, or in refutation, of op posing theories on some points of science not yet satisfactorily cleared up.
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