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invariably consist of the elements carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and sulfur, and frequently phosphorus and iron. Examples are of the white of egg, of milk, of cereals, and of lean meat.

— Lorande Loss Woodruff

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With the work of Cordus, Vesalius, and Harvey, biologists had again laid hold of the great scientific tools—observation, experiment, induction—which since have not slipped from their grasp.

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