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Seldom was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.

Joseph Hall

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Joseph Hall
Age: 82 †
Born: 1574
Born: July 1
Died: 1656
Died: September 8
Clergyman
Poet
Priest
Writer
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Leicestershire
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Keep
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Grace
Concealment
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Jewel
Knowledge
Impart
Lost
Jewels
Seldom
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This field is so spacious that it were easy for a man to lose himself in it and if I should spend all my pilgrimage in this walk, my time would sooner end than my way.
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