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THE OLD RIDDLE AND THE NEWEST ANSWER

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The Lord St. Alban would say to some philosophers—"Gentlemen, nature is a labyrinth, in which the very haste you move with, will make you lose your way."

Bacon, Apophthegms.

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THE OLD RIDDLE
AND THE NEWEST
ANSWER

BY
JOHN GERARD, S.J., F.L.S.

FOURTH EDITION