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Quote by Francis Bacon
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they see

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they see nothing but sea. – Francis Bacon

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It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every mans judgment. – Francis Bacon

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