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The inquiries of the jurist are in truth prosecuted much as inquiry in physic and physiology was prosecuted before observation had taken the place of assumption.
Henry James Sumner Maine
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"The inquiries of the jurist are in truth prosecuted much as inquiry in physic and physiology was prosecuted before observation had taken the place of assumption."
— Henry James Sumner Maine

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The inquiries of the jurist are in truth prosecuted much as inquiry in physic and physiology was prosecuted before observation had taken the place of assumption. — Henry James Sumner Maine

About Henry James Sumner Maine

Henry James Sumner Maine was a Historian from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1822–1888).

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This quote is attributed to Henry James Sumner Maine, a Historian from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Henry James Sumner Maine lived from 1822 – 1888.