Abraham Cowley, To the Bishop of Lincoln, line 27.
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For the whole world, without a native home, Is nothing but a prison of larger room.
— Abraham on Home
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "For the whole world, without a native home, Is nothing but a prison of larger room." in the context of "Abraham Cowley, To the Bishop of Lincoln, line 27." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Home" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 369-71.)
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About Abraham
Abraham (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם, Modern Avraham Tiberian ʼAḇrāhām, Arabic: إبراهيم, Ibrāhīm, ʼAbrəham), born Abram (c. 1900 BC?), is the founding patriarch of the Israelites, Ishmaelites, Edomites, Midianites and kindred peoples, according to the three Abrahamic religions.
About Abraham
Abraham (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם, Modern Avraham Tiberian ʼAḇrāhām, Arabic: إبراهيم, Ibrāhīm, ʼAbrəham), born Abram (c. 1900 BC?), is the founding patriarch of the Israelites, Ishmaelites, Edomites, Midianites and kindred peoples, according to the three Abrahamic religions.
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