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Work title:
"An Essay on the Education of a Young British Nobleman, After He Leaves the Schools [from The Present State of the Republick of Letters]"
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Metaphor Category:
"Plant"
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Literary Period:
"Eighteenth Century"
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Date: January, 1730
"There are in all Souls, (not perfect Ideots,) as in the midst of clos'd-up flowers, some seeds of knowledge and science, which never disclose and shew themselves, till the quick'ning sunshine of learning and education open the understanding, and discover those hidden seeds of natural knowledge, ...
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