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Man being made reasonable and so a thinking creature there is nothing more worthy of his being than the right direction and employment of his thoughts since upon this depends both his usefulness to the public and his own present and future benefit in all respects.
Man being made reasonable and so a thinking creature there is nothing more worthy of his being than the right direction and employment of his thoughts since upon this depends both his usefulness to the public and his own present and future benefit in all respects.
Approximate author period: c. 1681 AD · renaissance
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- William Penn
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- Approximate author period: c. 1681 AD · renaissance
Approximate author-period evidence for William Penn: life dates 1644 to 1718. Wikidata Q209152, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q209152 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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