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I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or such well-marked supra-orbital development. would you have any objection to my running my finger along your parietal fissure? a cast of your skull, sir, until the original is available, would be an ornament to any anthropological museum. it is not my intention to be fulsome, but i confess that i covet your skull.
-Arthur Conan Doyle
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Arthur Conan Doyle
I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or such well-marked supra-orbital development. would you have any objection to my running my finger along your parietal fissure? a cast of your skull, sir, until the original is available, would be an ornament to any anthropological museum. it is not my intention to be fulsome, but i confess that i covet your skull.
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