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There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning no learning so excellent both for Prince and subject, as knowledge of laws and no knowledge of any laws so necessary for all estates and for all causes, concerning goods, lands or life, as the common laws of England.

Edward Coke

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Edward Coke
Died: 1633
Died: September 3
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