The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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Men will speak with each other from the most remote countries, and  
reply.  
(Of Hemispheres, which are infinite; and which are divided by an  
infinite number of Lines, so that every Man always has one of these  
Lines between his Feet.)  
Men standing in opposite hemispheres will converse and deride each  
other and embrace each other, and understand each other's language.  
(Of Priests who say Mass.)  
There will be many men who, when they go to their labour will put on  
the richest clothes, and these will be made after the fashion of  
aprons [petticoats].  
(
Of Friars who are Confessors.)  
And unhappy women will, of their own free will, reveal to men all  
their sins and shameful and most secret deeds.  
(Of Churches and the Habitations of Friars.)  
Many will there be who will give up work and labour and poverty of  
life and goods, and will go to live among wealth in splendid  
buildings, declaring that this is the way to make themselves  
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