he same year 1882 [Concurrence].
Garibaldi [the Italian] and Skobeleff [the Russian] [Exclusion, being of
different countries], both great and recklessly patriotic generals
[Inclusion] and both favourites in France [Inclusion], died in the same
year, 1882 [Concurrence]. Longfellow and Rossetti, both English-speaking
poets [Inclusion] who had closely studied Dante [Inclusion] died in the
same year, 1882 [Concurrence].
Haydn, the great composer, was born in 1732, and died in 1809; this date
corresponds to that of the birth [Exclusion and Concurrence] of another
famous composer [Inclusion], Mendelssohn, who himself died in 1847, the
same year as O'Connell.
Lamarck [1744-1829], advocated a theory of development nearly
resembling the Darwinian Theory of the Origin of Species [In.]. This he
did in 1809, the year in which Charles Darwin was born [Con.]. Darwin's
writings have altered the opinions of many as to the Creation, and the
year of his birth was that of the death of Haydn, the composer of the
Oratorio "The Creation." [Con. and Ex.].
John Baptiste Robinet taught the gradual development of all forms of
existence from a single creative cause. He died in 1820, the year in
which Herbert Spencer, the English Apostle of Evolution, was born [In.,
Ex., and Con.].
Galileo, founder of Modern Astronomy, born in 1564--Shakespeare's birth
year [Con.]--died in 1642, the very year in which Sir Isaac Newton was
born. Galileo's theory was not proved but merely made probable, until
the existence of the laws of gravitation was established, and it was
Newton who discovered gravitation. This is an instance of Inclusion as
to the men, of Exclusion and Concurrence as to date of birth and death.
Two prominent _literati_ [Inclusion], one a Frenchman the other an
Englishman [Exclusion], well-known for the pomposity and sonority of
their style of writing [Inclusion], were born in the same year, 1709,
and died the same year 1784, a double Concurrence--Lefranc de
Pompignan--[pompous In. by S.], and Samuel Johnson.
General Foy, an _orator_ and artillery officer, fond of literature, was
born the same year [Concurrence] 1775, as the _orator_ [Inclusion],
Daniel O'Connell. He died in 1825, the same year [Concurrence] as
Paul-Louis Courier, who was also an artillery officer [Inclusion], fond
of literature [Inclusion], and moreover, like O'Connell, a violent
pamphleteer [Inclusion].
Two illustrious, uncompromising characters [Inclusion],
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