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... St Thomas's Hospital gave me a complete knowledge of human nature . I do not suppose any- one can hope to have that . I have been studying it , consciously and subconsciously , for forty years and I still find men unaccountable ; people ...
... St Thomas's Hospital gave me a complete knowledge of human nature . I do not suppose any- one can hope to have that . I have been studying it , consciously and subconsciously , for forty years and I still find men unaccountable ; people ...
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... St Thomas's Hospital was sufficiently impressed by it to offer me a minor appointment under him , for soon after it appeared I passed my final examina- tions ; but this , exaggerating its success and deter- mined to abandon the medical ...
... St Thomas's Hospital was sufficiently impressed by it to offer me a minor appointment under him , for soon after it appeared I passed my final examina- tions ; but this , exaggerating its success and deter- mined to abandon the medical ...
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... St Thomas's Hospital I had lived with people who attached value to culture . I had come to think that there was nothing in the world more important than art . I looked for a mean- ing in the universe and the only one I could find was ...
... St Thomas's Hospital I had lived with people who attached value to culture . I had come to think that there was nothing in the world more important than art . I looked for a mean- ing in the universe and the only one I could find was ...
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