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A word must become a friend or you will not understand it. Perhaps you do well to be cool and detached when you are seeking information, but I remind you of the wife who complained, 'When I ask John if he loves me, he thinks I am asking for information'.
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Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six,
Four spend in prayer, the rest on Nature fix.
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Edward Coke
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Born:
February 1, 1552
Died:
September 3, 1634
(aged 82)
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Sir Edward Coke was an English barrister, judge and, later, opposition politician, who is considered to be the greatest jurist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras.
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Institutes of the Lawes of England
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