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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
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Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle
120
The
truth
is,
said
she,
wheresoever
Learning
is,
there
is
most
commonly
also
Controversie
and
quarelling;
for
there
be
always
some
that
will
know
more,
and
be
wiser
then
others:
some
think
their
Arguments
come
nearer
to
Truth,
and
are
more
rational
then
others;
some
are
so
wedded
to
their
own
opinions,
that
they'l
never
yield
to
Reason;
and
others,
though
they
find
their
Opinions
not
firmly
grounded
upon
Reason,
yet,
for
fear
of
receiving
some
disgrace
by
altering
them,
will
nevertheless
maintain
them
against
all
sense
and
reason,
which
must
needs
breed
factions
in
their
Schools,
which
at
last
break
out
into
open
Wars,
and
draw
sometimes
an
utter
ruin
upon
a
State
or
Government.
The
Empress
told
the
Duchess,
that
she
would
willingly
follow
her
advice;
but
she
thought
it
would
be
an
eternal
disgrace
to
her,
to
alter
her
own
Decrees,
Acts,
and
Laws.
To
which
the
Duchess
answered,
That
it
was
so
far
from
a
disgrace,
as
it
would
rather
be
for
her
Majesties
eternal
honour,
to
return
from
a
worse
to
a
better,
and
would
express
and
declare
Her
to
be
more
then
ordinary
wise
and
good;
so
wise,
as
to
perceive
her
own
errors,
and
so
good,
as
not
to
persist
in
them,
which
few
did:
for
which,
said
she,
you
will
get
a
glorious
fame
in
this
World,
and
an
Eternal
Glory
hereafter;
and
I
shall
pray
for
it
so
long
as
I
live.
Upon
which
Advice,
the
Empress's
Soul
embrac'd
and
kiss'd
the
Duchess's
Soul
with
an
Immaterial
Kiss,
and
shed
Immaterial
Tears,
that
she
was
forced
to
part
from
her,
finding
her
not
a
flattering
Parasite,
but
a
true
Friend;
and
in
truth,
such
was
their
Platonick
Friendship,
as
these
two
loving
Souls
did
often
meet
and
rejoice
in
each
others
Conversation.
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