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Quotation from The Advancement of Learning by Francis Bacon
“only let men beware that they apply both to charity, and not to swelling; to use, and not to ostentation”
The Advancement of Learning, Book I, I.3 (Henry Morley ed. (1893), Project Gutenberg #5500)
The condition Bacon attaches to the study of both the book of God's word and the book of God's works.
Citation: "only let men beware that they apply both to charity, and not to swelling; to use, and not to ostentation" — Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning, Book I, I.3 (Henry Morley ed. (1893), Project Gutenberg #5500). (id bacon-advancement-of-learning-q2)
