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"Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, An African"
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Date: 1782
"I have heard it more than once observed of fortunate adventurers--they have come home enriched in purse--but wretchedly barren in intellects--the mind, my dear Jack, wants food--as well as the stomach--why then should not one wish to increase in knowledge as well as money?"
preview | full record— Sancho, Charles Ignatius (1729-1780)