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The death of Sir Philip Sidney at the battle of Zutphen: he passes a water-flask to a fellow soldier. Mezzotint by J. Jones after G. Carter, 1782.

On kindness / Adam Phillips and Barbara Taylor.

The altruism equation : seven scientists search for the origins of goodness / Lee Alan Dugatkin.

Victorian Bloomsbury / Rosemary Ashton.

Democracy and DNA : American dreams and medical progress / Gerald Weissmann.

What makes a hero? : the surprising science of selflessness / Elizabeth Svoboda.

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On kindness / Adam Phillips and Barbara Taylor.

The altruism equation : seven scientists search for the origins of goodness / Lee Alan Dugatkin.

Victorian Bloomsbury / Rosemary Ashton.

Democracy and DNA : American dreams and medical progress / Gerald Weissmann.

What makes a hero? : the surprising science of selflessness / Elizabeth Svoboda.