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...n by John Florio (1553-1625) Book I. | Book II. | Book III. Note on the e-text: this Renascence Editions text was provided by Professor Emeritu... ...e University, Wisconsin. It is in the public domain. "Florio's Translation of Montaigne's Essays was first published in 1603. In 'The World's Classic... ...al material was supplied by R.S. Bear from the Everyman's Library edition of 1910. Content unique to this presentation is copyright © 1999 The Univer... ...ar transported, that quitting and forgetting his former resolution, he so abandoned himselfe to all manner of sorrow and griefe, that some argued, o... ...cution more hatefull, who being a man of notable and exemplar vertue, both military and politike, and of them so cruelly condemned; after he had hear... ...on: so vaine and frivolous a thing is humane wisdome: and contrary to all projects, devices, counsels and precautions, fortune doth ever keepe a ful... ...strateth them with richer senses and more excellent constructions. As for military enterprises, no man is so blinde but seeth what share fortune hat... ... and setled his estate, especially because he had voluntarily given over, abandoned and committed his life and liberty, to the hands and mercy of hi... ... many good fortunes have slipt me for want of good discretion, yet did my projects make good choice, according to the occurrences presented unto them...

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...In the Bible, God‘s first gift to man isn‘t a lesson about how to make a fire or fashion a needle, a knife, or a spear. He first blesses him with language. Even before He takes Adam‘s rib to make Eve, He tells Adam to name every...

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...1. Did Water Monkeys Swim before We Spoke?-From whence cometh language, the InfoTech that lets us dominate our planet? We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make sense of speech. -- 2. The Gift ...

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