Truth like a torch, the more 'tis shook, it shines. - Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

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Truth like a torch, the more 'tis shook, it shines.

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About Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (8 March 1788 – 6 May 1856) was a Scottish metaphysician.

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Birth Name: William Hamilton
Alternative Names: Sir William Stirling Hamilton of Preston, 9th Bt. Sir William Hamilton
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The discovery of the art of Printing unbarred afresh the gates of Heaven, and let in that flood of light, of knowledge, and of wisdom, which enabled men to emancipate themselves again from the slavery of superstition—to take their proper place in the ranks of created beings—and in ennobling themselves, in gradually exalting their understandings and amending their hearts, to pay at length the worthiest homage to the goodness of their common Parent, and prove themselves to be—as the Almighty himself originally formed them—inferior only to the Angels.

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