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which_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o companion_n and_o agent_n of_o a_o politician_n and_o which_o plutarch_n place_v in_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n as_o be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o theoric_n moral_a or_o contemplative_a faculty_n be_v art_n likewise_o which_o can_v otherwise_o be_v wrest_v and_o hence_o be_v it_o that_o science_n be_v call_v habitus_n demonstrandi_fw-la per_fw-la causas_fw-la a_o habit_n of_o demonstration_n by_o reason_n the_o second_o mean_n towards_o the_o knowledge_n of_o truth_n be_v art_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o mental_a habit_n or_o experimental_a skill_n to_o perform_v and_o perfect_a thing_n by_o such_o mean_n as_o without_o they_o they_o otherwise_o may_v be_v do_v and_o as_o tacitus_n write_v apud_fw-la maiores_fw-la virtutis_fw-la id_fw-la praemium_fw-la fuit_fw-la cunctisque_fw-la civium_fw-la si_fw-la fiderent_fw-la bonis_fw-la artibus_fw-la licitum_fw-la petere_fw-la magistratus_fw-la annal._n it_o be_v propose_v to_o our_o ancestor_n and_o unto_o all_o 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