Macaulay somewhere says, that it is extraordinary that, whereas the la…

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Macaulay somewhere says, that it is extraordinary that, whereas the laws of the motions of the heavenly bodies, far removed as they are from us, are perfectly well understood, the laws of the human mind, which are under our observation all day and every day, are no better understood than they were two thousand years ago. ✨ Florence Nightingale (1860). Notes on Nursing: What it Is, and what it is Not, p.6
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