Let great authors have their due, as time, which is the author of authors, be not deprived of his due, which is, further and further to discover truth. (Francis Bacon)

Let great authors have their due, as time, which is the author of authors, be not deprived of his due, which is, further and further to discover truth.

Francis Bacon

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