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In a troubled state we must do as in foul weather upon a river, not think to cut directly through, for the boat may be filled with water but rise and fall as the waves do, and give way as much as we conveniently can.
John Selden
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John Selden
Age: 69 †
Born: 1584
Born: December 16
Died: 1654
Died: November 30
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