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APRIL, MAY, AND JUNE, 1861.

BY MAX MÜLLER, M. A.

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IMPERIAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE.

"Opera naturale è ch' uom favella;

Ma, così o così, natura lascia

Poi fare a voi, secondo che v' abbella"

DANTE. Paradiso, 26, 130

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