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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 citizen_n for_o a_o reward_n of_o their_o virtue_n and_o as_o a_o thing_n allowable_a to_o sue_v for_o reputation_n and_o office_n if_o they_o do_v build_v upon_o their_o knowledge_n in_o good_a art_n and_o from_o hence_o be_v all_o trade_n profession_n and_o mystery_n by_o which_o man_n live_v and_o attain_v worldly_a happiness_n draw_v and_o derive_v the_o three_o part_n of_o truth_n be_v prudence_n itself_o be_v a_o certain_a habit_n effect_v such_o thing_n by_o reason_n as_o either_o tend_v unto_o the_o weal_n or_o harm_n of_o person_n hence_o be_v it_o call_v prudence_n in_o man_n to_o consult_v gracious_o for_o themselves_o and_o other_o to_o govern_v private_a family_n and_o to_o serve_v or_o minister_v unto_o the_o commonwealth_n in_o public_a cause_n fortunate_o and_o beneficial_o the_o four_o be_v intelligence_n noble_o place_v in_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o habit_n move_v the_o mind_n incline_v and_o yield_v itself_o constant_o to_o thing_n which_o can_v 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