The following instance of methodical and deliberate suicide approaches nearer to the [?] of the ancients, on this ject, than to any of the modern instances of self-destruction,—M, Bertholet, son of the celebrated French chemist of that name, ...
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The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848), Thu 21 Jul 1825, Page 2
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