They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can se…

Francis Bacon
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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea. ✨ 'The Advancement of Learning' (1605) bk. 2, ch. 7, sect. 5
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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea. ✨ 'The Advancement of Learning' (1605) bk. 2, ch. 7, sect. 5

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