 He feels it beating at his heart, rising to his throat, and demanding disclosure. He thinks the whole world sees it in his face, reads it in his eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays...  Wharton and Stillé's Medical Jurisprudence - Page 700by Francis Wharton, Moreton Stillé - 1882Full view - About this book
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