“Each waking day is a stage dominated for good or ill, comedy, farce, or tragedy, by a dramatis personae, the 'self', and so it will be until the curtain drops.”
Quote by Charles Scott Sherrington
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Charles Scott Sherrington
Charles Scott Sherrington was a British neurophysiologist born on November 27, 1857, and died on March 4, 1952. He is renowned for his extensive research on the nervous system, particularly his contributions to the neuromuscular junction. Sherrington's work laid the foundation for the development of neuroscience. more
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