William Penn. (1644–1718). Fruits of Solitude.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| Art and Project |
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| 227. Art, is Good, where it is beneficial. Socrates wisely bounded his Knowledge and Instruction by Practice. | 1 |
| 228. Have a care therefore of Projects: And yet despise nothing rashly, or in the Lump. | 2 |
| 229. Ingenuity, as well as Religion, sometimes suffers between two Thieves; Pretenders and Despisers. | 3 |
| 230. Though injudicious and dishonest Projectors often discredit Art, yet the most useful and extraordinary Inventions have not, at first, escap’d the Scorn of Ignorance; as their Authors, rarely, have cracking of their Heads, or breaking their backs. | 4 |
| 231. Undertake no Experiment, in Speculation, that appears not true in Art; nor then, at thine own Cost, if costly or hazardous in making. | 5 |
| 232. As many Hands make light Work, so several Purses make cheap Experiments. | 6 |
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