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“I have heard him [William Harvey] say, that after his Booke of the Circulation of the Blood came-out, that he fell mightily in his Practize, and that 'twas beleeved by the vulgar that he was crack-brained.”

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John Aubrey was an English writer renowned for his biographical works on historical figures in England. His masterpiece, 'Biographies of Eminent Englishmen,' has had a profound impact on the study of English history. more

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