The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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Men will come into so wretched a plight that they will be glad that  
others will derive profit from their sufferings or from the loss of  
their real wealth, that is health.  
(Of the Religion of Friars, who live by the Saints who have been  
dead a great while.)  
Those who are dead will, after a thou- sand years be those who will  
give a livelihood to many who are living.  
(Of Stones converted into Lime, with which prison walls are made.)  
Many things that have been before that time destroyed by fire will  
deprive many men of liberty.  
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(Of Children who are suckled.)  
Many Franciscans, Dominicans and Benedictines will eat that which at  
other times was eaten by others, who for some months to come will  
not be able to speak.  
(Of Cockles and Sea Snails which are thrown up by the sea and which  
rot inside their shells.)  
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