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Quotation from New Atlantis by Francis Bacon

“for the laws of nature are thine own laws, and thou exceedest them not but upon great cause”

Francis Bacon (spoken by A Fellow of Salomon's House (in prayer))

New Atlantis, The Governor's account of the conversion of Bensalem (Project Gutenberg #2434 (Harvard Classics text))

Praying before the pillar of light, the Fellow grounds natural regularity in God's lawgiving and treats miracle as rare, purposeful exception.

Citation: "for the laws of nature are thine own laws, and thou exceedest them not but upon great cause" — Francis Bacon, New Atlantis, The Governor's account of the conversion of Bensalem (Project Gutenberg #2434 (Harvard Classics text)). (id bacon-new-atlantis-q2)

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