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John Hill Burton FRSE was a Scottish advocate, historian and economist. The author of Life and Correspondence of David Hume, he was secretary of the Scottish Prison Board (1854–77), and Historiographer Royal (1867–1881).

Scottish - Advocate | August 22, 1809 - August 10, 1881

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It is difficult, almost impossible, to find the book from which something either valuable or amusing may not be found, if the proper alembic be applied.

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