Learning is like bank-notes: prudence and good behaviour ar… - James Burgh

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Learning is like bank-notes: prudence and good behaviour are like silver, useful upon all occasions.

James Burgh

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James Burgh (1714–1775) was a British Whig politician whose book Political Disquisitions set out an early case for free speech and universal suffrage.

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