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Title: The nature of man

Studies in optimistic philosophy

Author: Elie Metchnikoff

Translator: Sir P. Chalmers Mitchell

Release date: March 3, 2025 [eBook #75505]

Language: English

Original publication: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903

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M. ÉLIE METCHNIKOFF

THE
NATURE OF MAN
STUDIES IN OPTIMISTIC PHILOSOPHY

BY
ÉLIE METCHNIKOFF
PROFESSOR AT THE PASTEUR INSTITUTE
THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION
EDITED BY
P. CHALMERS MITCHELL
M.A., D.Sc. Oxon.
SECRETARY OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
Copyright, 1903
BY
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
Eleventh Printing