The noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men, which have sought to express the images of their minds where those of their bodies have failed. (Francis Bacon)

The noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men, which have sought to express the images of their minds where those of their bodies have failed.

Francis Bacon

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