Great movements, and those who achieved them (1882)
Nicoll, Henry James · New York, Harper & Bros. · leaf 49
t so many could do if they would, what he did for the ser-vice of mankind was what scarce any man could have done,and no man ivould do, but himself. In the scale of moraldesert the labors of the legislator and the writer are as far be-low his as the earth is below heaven. His was the truly…
![An illustration from Œuvres complètes de M. le C[om]te de Buffon ... : histoire des animaux quadrupèdes (1775)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-oeuvrescompletesd031775buff-217-24.webp)
