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but these have the true character of divine presence, and 

 come in aura leni without noise or agitation.&quot; (d) 



(ef) &quot; Zeno and Chrysippus did greater things in their studies, than if 

 they had led armies, borne offices, or given laws; which in truth they did, 

 not to one city alone, but to all mankind. Their quiet contributed more to 

 the common benefit than the sweat and labour of other people. That 

 retreat is not worth the while, which does not afford a man greater and 

 nobler works than business. There is no slavish attendance upon great 

 officers ; no canvassing for places ; no making of parties ; no disappoint 

 ments in my pretension to this charge, to that regiment, or to such or such 

 a title ; no buoy of any man s favour or fortune, but a calm enjoyment of 

 the general bounties of providence, in company with a good conscience. 

 A wise man is never so busy, as in the solitary contemplation of God and 

 the works of nature. He withdraws himself to attend the service of future 

 ages.&quot; Seneca. 



&quot; There were reckoned above human honours, honours heroical and 

 divine ; in the distribution whereof antiquity observed this order. Founders 

 of states, lawgivers, extirpers of tyrants, fathers of their country, and other 

 eminent persons in civil merit, were honoured with the title of Worthies 

 only, or Demi-Gods ; such as were Theseus, Minos, Romulus, and the 

 like : on the other side, such as were inventors and authors of new arts, and 

 such as endowed man s life with new commodities and accessions, were 

 ever consecrated among the greater and entire gods, which happened to 

 Ceres, Bacchus, Mercury, Apollo, and others, which indeed was done 

 justly, and upon sound judgment. The introduction of noble inventions 

 seems to hold by far the most excellent place among all human actions. 

 And this was the judgment of antiquity, which attributed divine honours 

 to inventors, but conferred only heroical honours upon those who deserved 

 well in civil affairs, such as the founders of empires, legislators, and deli 

 verers of their country. And whoever rightly considers it will find this a 

 judicious custom in former ages, since the benefits of inventors may extend 

 to all mankind, but civil benefits only to particular countries or seats of 

 men ; and these civil benefits seldom descend to more than a few ages, 

 whereas inventions are perpetuated through the course of time. Besides, a 

 state is seldom amended, in its civil affairs, without force and perturbation, 

 whilst inventions spread their advantage, without doing injury, or causing 

 disturbance.&quot; Advancement of Learning, vol. ii. p. 62. 



In his New Atlantis he says, &quot; We have two very long and. fair galle 

 ries : in one of these we place patterns and samples of all manner of the 

 more rare and excellent inventions ; in the other we place the statues of all 

 principal inventors. There we have the statue of your Columbus, that 



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