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# Richard Maurice Bucke

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Richard Maurice Bucke was a Canadian psychiatrist in the late 19th century. An adventurer during his youth, Bucke later studied medicine. Eventually, as a psychiatrist, he headed the provincial Asylum for the Insane in London, Ontario. Bucke was a friend of several noted men of letters in Canada, th

##  Quotes by Richard Maurice Bucke

> [Man reacts upon and toward the external universe in three ways, namely, by his active nature ; by his intellectual nature ;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-maurice-bucke/man-reacts-upon-and-toward-the-external-universe-in-three-ways-namely/)

Richard Maurice Bucke

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> [It is alone that part of the external universe which we call material which acts on man through his senses - that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-maurice-bucke/it-is-alone-that-part-of-the-external-universe-which-we-call-material/)

Richard Maurice Bucke

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> [Deep in the soul, below pain, below all the distraction of life, is a silence vast and grand - an infinite ocean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-maurice-bucke/deep-in-the-soul-below-pain-below-all-the-distraction-of-life-is-a/)

Richard Maurice Bucke

[Calm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/calm/)

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