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Truth is the ground of science, the centre wherein all things repose, and is the type of eternity.

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Philip Sidney
Age: 31 †
Born: 1554
Born: November 30
Died: 1586
Died: October 17
Diplomat
Military Personnel
Novelist
Poet
Politician
Kent
England
Sir Philip Sidney
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Eternity
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Science
Truth
Things
Wherein
Repose
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