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| | JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | He was the only son of John Addington Symonds, M.D. (1807-1871), the author of an essay on Criminal Responsibility (1869), The Principles of Beauty (1857) and Sleep and Dreams (2nd ed., 1857). |
 | | In 1877 his life was in acute danger, and upon his removal to Davos PJatz and subsequent recovery there it was felt that this was the only place where he was likely to be able to enjoy life. |
 | | Symonds, indeed, became in no common sense a citizen of the town; he took part in its municipal business, made friends with the peasants, and shared their interests. |
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