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Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly, with mere appearances; but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your profession."
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"Do not expect to arrive at certainty in every subject which you pursue. There are a hundred things wherein we mortals . . . must be content with probability, where our best light and reasoning will reach no farther."
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"Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden."
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"Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain, You have wak'd me too soon, I must slumber again."
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"What's amiss I'll strive to mend, And endure what can't be mended."
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