| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 2812 |
| AUTHOR: | John Milton (16081674) |
| QUOTATION: | By labour and intent study (which I take to be my portion in this life), joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after times as they should not willingly let it die. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Reason of Church Government. Introduction, Book ii. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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