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...bona qui sua novit !" To be a husbandman, is but a retreat from the city ; to 15 be a philosopher, from the world ; or rather, a retreat from the world,...it is man's, into the world, as it is God's. But, since nature denies to most men the capacity or appetite, and fortune allows but to a very few the...

...nimium, iff bona qui sua novit : To be a Husbandman, is but a retreat from the City; to be a Philosopher, from the world, or rather, a Retreat from the world, as it is mans; into the world, as it is Gods. But since Nature denies to most men the capacity or appetite,...

...nimium, & bona qui sua novit : To be a Husbandman, is but a retreat from the City; to be a Philosopher, from the world, or rather, a Retreat from the world, as it is mans; into the world, as it is Gods. But since Nature denies to most men the capacity or appetite,...