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Benjamin Stillingfleet was an English author renowned for his works on natural history and botany. Born in 1702, he dedicated much of his life to the Royal Gardens at Kew, significantly contributing to the advancement of botanical knowledge. Stillingfleet's writings were highly influential in the field, and he is remembered for his precise observations and descriptions of plants.

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“Peace and wickedness are far asunder.”

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“Nothing enlarges the gulf of atheism more than the wide passage that lies between the faith and lives of men pretending to teach Christianity.”

Men Lying Christianity Teach Atheism Wide Pretending Passages

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“See how the skilful lover spreads his toils.”

Lovers Spread Toil Courtship

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“Each moss, Each shell, each drawling insect, holds a rank Important in the plan of Him who fram'd This scale of beings; holds a rack which, lost Would break the chain, and leave behind a gap Which Nature's self would rue.”

Important Self Lost Behinds Break Plans Creation Scales Chains Gaps Shells Insects Moss Racks Rue

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“Error is but the shadow of the truth.”

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“Philosophers and common heathen believed one God, to whom all things were referred; but under this God they worshipped many inferior and subservient gods.”

Common All Things Philosopher Inferiors Idolatry Heathen Subservient

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“Prayer among men is supposed a means to change the person to whom we pray; but prayer to God doth not change him, but fits us to receive the things prayed for.”

Men Mean Persons Prayer Praying Fit

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“Sincerity and honesty carry one through many difficulties which all the arts he can invent would never help him through.”

Art Helping Honesty Difficulty Sincerity

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“A story should, to please, at least seem true, Be apropos, well told, concise, and new: And whenso'er it deviates from these rules, The wise will sleep, and leave applause to fools.”

Should Wells Stories Seems Sleep Wise Fool Please Applause Deviate Concise

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“Astrological prayers seem to me to be built on as good reason as the predictions.”

Reason Seems Prayer Built Predictions Astrology

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Born: 1702
Died: December 15, 1771
Known for: Author
Quotes: 10

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