“It is admirable to consider how many Millions of People come into, and go out of the World, Ignorant of themselves, and of the World they have lived in.”

— William Penn

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Fruits of Solitude (1682), Part I

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English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker… 1644–1718

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