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“The heart of animals is the foundation of their life, the sovereign of everything within them, the sun of their microcosm, that upon which all growth depends, from which all power proceeds.”
“I profess both to learn and to teach anatomy, not from books but from dissections; not from positions of philosophers but from the fabric of nature.”
“I avow myself the partisan of truth alone.”
“As art is a habit with reference to things to be done, so is science a habit in respect to things to be known.”
“I appeal to your own eyes as my witness and judge.”
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William Harvey (April 3, 1821 – June 14, 1874) was a Canadian political figure. He represented Elgin East in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1874 as a Liberal member.
