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PROFESSOR OWEN 
CH. VII. 
self, dear old Sedgwick, and a few others who 
have not been led astray from the simple pursuit 
of Truth for her own sake, unbiassed by personal 
vanity and love of notoriety on the one hand, and 
the opposition of self-seekers on the other. May 
you and I yet be spared to see the downfall of 
scientific quackery, and the triumph of simple 
philosophical truth. 
‘ Ever, my dear Owen, 
‘Your affectionate old friend, 
‘ Thomas Bell.’ 
