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PROF. METCHNIKOFF'S work is already known to many; it has been widely read in previous editions, and, now that it is offered in an English version, will become still more widely known. The great merits of the work have already been appreciated. The author is an acknowledged master of his subject, and no more fruitful source of valuable ideas could be imagined than a mind which combined with philosophical breadth and acumen an accurate and far-reaching knowledge of every grade of organism. One sees from the apt choice and effective use of examples how thoroughly the author has his materials at command.
The Nature of Man: Studies in Optimistic Philosophy.
By E. Metchnikoff. English Translation edited by P. Chalmers Mitchell, M.A., D.Sc. Pp. xviii + 309. (London: W. Heinemann; New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903.) Price 12s. 6d.
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B., G. The Nature of Man: Studies in Optimistic Philosophy . Nature 70, 394 (1904). https://doi.org/10.1038/070394a0
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