The dumpling-eaters are a race sprung partly from the old Epicurean and partly from the Peripatetic Sect; they … - John Arbuthnot

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John Arbuthnot

The dumpling-eaters are a race sprung partly from the old Epicurean and partly from the Peripatetic Sect; they were first brought into Britain by Julius Caesar; and finding it a Land of Plenty, they wisely resolved never to go home again.

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The mathematics are the friends of religion, inasmuch as they charm the passions, restrain the impetuosity of the imagination, and purge the mind of error and prejudice.

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