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A man may be in as just possession of Truth as of a City, and yet bee forced to surrender. — Sir Thomas Browne

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A man may be in as just possession of Truth as of a City, and yet bee forced to surrender.

Sir Thomas Browne
1643
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Current citation
Browne, Thomas, Sir. "Religio Medici (1643)." Thomas Browne: Selected Writings, edited by Kevin Killeen. Oxford University Press, 2018, pt. 1, sect. 6.
Original citation
Browne, Thomas, Sir. Religio Medici. London, 1643, pt. 1, sect. 6.

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