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(5) [centered]

It is not that of wh. [which] we should
make too much.

We can not here be perf. [perfect] in kn. [knowledge].
Those who know most, are ignorant.
What we know – we know – but at most
these are but few items. The wisest
of men are mere infants – just opening eyes
upon boundless fields. (Sir Isaac Newton)

2 Prophets are not omniscient –
they behold but few things – some
of them but faintly – they speak
of much, wh. [which] they imperfectly
comprehend. When their brief
Service is rendered the favor is
at an end. And the highest talent
in teaching, preaching, &c. [etc.] will erelong be