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Quotation from New Atlantis by Francis Bacon

“for we here are in God's bosom, a land unknown”

Francis Bacon (spoken by The Father of Salomon's House)

New Atlantis, Close of the Father's relation (Project Gutenberg #2434 (Harvard Classics text))

Blessing the narrator, the Father permits him to publish the account for the good of other nations, while affirming that Bensalem itself remains hidden.

Citation: "for we here are in God's bosom, a land unknown" — Francis Bacon, New Atlantis, Close of the Father's relation (Project Gutenberg #2434 (Harvard Classics text)). (id bacon-new-atlantis-q8)

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