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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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21.5.02

Sonbi
the Korean word sonbi refers to someone with great knowledge and upstanding character, a man who embodies the principles of Confucianism. The sonbi was a member of the scholarly elite, serving his king at court at times and cultivating his personal morality in the countryside when he could not obey the king in good conscience

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