Wherefore the race being not to the swift, etc. but time and chance happening to all men, I leave the Judgement of the whole to the Candid, of whose correction I shall never be impatient.
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As for religion, I die in the profession of that faith, and in the practice of such worship as I find established by the law of my country.William Petty
A thousand acres that can feed a thousand souls is better than ten thousand acres of no more effect.
William Petty
It were good to know how much hay an acre of every sort will bear how many cattle the same weight of each sort of hay will feed and fatten what quantity of grain and other commodities the same acre will bear in one, three or seven years unto what use each soil is proper all which particulars I call intrinsic value, for there is also another value merely accidental or extrinsic.
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I hope no man takes what I said about the living and dieing of men for mathematical demonstration.
William Petty
We incline, therefore, to think the parishes should be equal or near, because in the reformed religion the principal use of a church is to preach in.
William Petty
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