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"An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding"
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Date: 1699
"We suppose these original [or Natural] Impressions to be like Gold in the Oar, that may be refin'd; or rough Diamonds, that by polishing, receive a further lustre"
preview | full record— Burnet, Thomas (c.1635-1715)