I owe it rather to my fortune than my reason. She has caused me to be descended of a race famous for integrity and of a very good father; I know not whether or no he has infused into me part of his humours, or whether domestic examples and the good education of my infancy have insensibly assisted in the work, or, if I was otherwise born so:

מקום: CHAPTER XI · ¶2148
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (WLC), CC BY 4.0

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