... the attitude of mind of the old Scotch shoemaker who, in response to the Dominie's suggestions about the weightier matters of life, asked: ' D'ye ken leather ? ' But every special branch carries with it the corrective of this most fatal tendency. Transactions of the American Pediatric Society - Page 10by American Pediatric Society - 1893Full view - About this book
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