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Still, he could not have accomplished what he did if 

 he had not possessed a great knowledge of human nature. 

 . . . On the whole, it is difficult to conceive that any one 

 could perform his duties of the Royal Society in a manner 

 more honourable to himself, or more beneficial to the 

 community, than that in which they were performed by 

 Sir Joseph Banks." * 



1 Sir Benjamin C. Brodie : Autobiography, pp. 67-74. 



