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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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815 |
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AUTHOR:
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Francis Bacon (1561–1626) |
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QUOTATION:
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There be three things which make a nation great and prosperous: a fertile soil, busy workshops, easy conveyance for men and goods from place to place. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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SIR FRANCIS BACON. This sentence was inscribed on one side of the Golden Door of the Transportation Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893. |
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SUBJECTS:
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Greatness |
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