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"And if there be any addition to knowledge, it is rather a new knowledge than a greater knowledge; rather a singularity in a desire of proposing something that was not knownat all beforethananimproving, anadvancing, a multiplying of former inceptions; and by that means, no knowledge comes to be perfect."
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Source: 1626 Sermon preached at the funeral of Sir William Cockayne, 12 Dec.
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