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'You are right,' said Pangloss, 'for when man was placed in the Garden of Eden, he was placed there ut operaretur eum, to dress it and keep it; which proves that man was not born for idleness.' Francois Voltaire		Wednesday Aug 13, 2025
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	Alfred the Great
	(849-899) Son of King Aethelwulf, King of the West Saxons, turned back the invading Danes.

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He promoted the education of the parish clergy and wrote: He seems to me a very foolish man, and very wretched, who will not increase his understanding while he is in the world, and ever wish and long to reach that endless life where all shall be made clear.

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