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had a lamentably low opinion of science
Indeed, Lord Dalhousie, “a perfect specimen of the miserable system of education pursued at Oxford,” had a “lamentably low opinion” of science.
— from Springtime and Other Essays by Darwin, Francis, Sir

have adopted local laws or ordinances some
More than a score of colonies have adopted local laws or ordinances, some of which have been disallowed by the Crown.
— from Copyright: Its History and Its Law by R. R. (Richard Rogers) Bowker

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