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There are two books laid before us to study, to prevent our falling into error: first, the volume of the Scriptures, which reveal the will of God; then the volume of the Creatures, which express His power.
There are two books laid before us to study, to prevent our falling into error: first, the volume of the Scriptures, which reveal the will of God; then the volume of the Creatures, which express His power.
Approximate author period: c. 1593 AD · renaissance
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- Francis Bacon
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- Approximate author period: c. 1593 AD · renaissance
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- Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896) (1896 AD)
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Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.
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