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FAMOUS
MEN OF SCIENCE
BY
SARAH K. BOLTON
AUTHOR OF "POOR BOYS WHO BECAME FAMOUS," "GIRLS WHO BECAME FAMOUS,"
"FAMOUS AMERICAN AUTHORS," "FAMOUS AMERICAN STATESMEN,"
"SOCIAL STUDIES IN ENGLAND," "STORIES FROM LIFE,"
"FROM HEART AND NATURE," ETC.
_SEVENTH THOUSAND_
"The heights by great men reached and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight;
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night."
LONGFELLOW.
"A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not
discovered the value of life."--DARWIN.
NEW YORK
THOMAS Y. CROWELL & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT, 1889, BY
THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.
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C. J. PETERS AND SON, BOSTON.
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