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James Francis Stephens was an English entomologist and naturalist. He is known for his 12 volume Illustrations of British Entomology and the Manual of British Beetles . Wikipedia  

✵ 16. September 1792 – 22. December 1852
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“In his soul, as in a mirror, were concentrated all the lights radiating from every point of observation — whether human or Divine — and from his soul as from a mirror, these lights were reflected back in every possible combination of beauty and sublimity.”

James Francis Stephens

Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 115.

Beauty , Soul , Light

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