Essays and New AtlantisVan Nostrand, 1942 - 302 pages |
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... follow me ; but sell not all thou hast , except thou come and follow me ; that is , except thou have a vocation wherein thou mayest do as much good with little means as with great ; for otherwise , in feeding the streams thou driest the ...
... follow me ; but sell not all thou hast , except thou come and follow me ; that is , except thou have a vocation wherein thou mayest do as much good with little means as with great ; for otherwise , in feeding the streams thou driest the ...
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... the people , and in all superstition 1 Time was personified by Saturn , the Greek Kronos , who devoured all his children . Plutarch , On Superstition . wise men follow fools ; and arguments are fitted to 71 Of Superstition.
... the people , and in all superstition 1 Time was personified by Saturn , the Greek Kronos , who devoured all his children . Plutarch , On Superstition . wise men follow fools ; and arguments are fitted to 71 Of Superstition.
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Francis Bacon Gordon Sherman Haight. will follow the arch - flatterer , which is a man's self , and wherein a man thinketh best of himself , therein the flat- terer will uphold him most . But if he be an impudent flatterer , look wherein ...
Francis Bacon Gordon Sherman Haight. will follow the arch - flatterer , which is a man's self , and wherein a man thinketh best of himself , therein the flat- terer will uphold him most . But if he be an impudent flatterer , look wherein ...
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