"When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace."
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Academics from EnglandArchaeologists from EnglandNaturalists from EnglandMembers of the Parliament of the United KingdomLiberal Party (UK) politicians
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The Pleasures of Life, vol. 1 (1887), ch. II: The Happiness of Duty
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John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, PC (April 30, 1834 – May 28, 1913) was an English banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist. He served as President of the Royal Statistical Society.
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