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 | | Henry, thinking that Comparetti, as a pharmacist, should know all about the native plants of Italy, so plied him with questions, that he sought refuge from his embarrassment by putting Henry in contact with a Professor Sanguinetti. |
 | | Comparetti gives the date of the arrival of Henry in Rome as 20th October 1857, but claims to have made his acquaintance in September 1857. |
 | | Comparetti thought their artistic views were singular, especially their dislike of Michelangelo, but notes with approval that, although they had discarded their Presbyterian religious background, they showed by precept and practice that integrity and civility need not be based on religious ‘silliness.’ |
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