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 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A 
prophet is not without honour, save in read more 
 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A 
prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in 
his own house. 
 I shall always consider the best guesser the best prophet.
 [Lat., Bene qui conjiciet, vatem hunc perhibebo optimum.]  
 I shall always consider the best guesser the best prophet.
 [Lat., Bene qui conjiciet, vatem hunc perhibebo optimum.] 
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
 There is a history in all men's lives,
 Figuring the nature of the times deceased,
  The which read more 
 There is a history in all men's lives,
 Figuring the nature of the times deceased,
  The which observed, a man may prophesy,
   With a near aim, of the main chance of things
    As yet not come to life, which in their seeds
     And weak beginnings lie intreasured. 
 From hence, no question, has sprung an observation 
. . . confirmed now into a settled opinion, that some read more 
 From hence, no question, has sprung an observation 
. . . confirmed now into a settled opinion, that some long 
experienced souls in the world, before their dislodging, arrive 
to the height of prophetic spirit. 
 No mighty trance, or breathed spell
 Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell.  
 No mighty trance, or breathed spell
 Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. 
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for 
ever?  
 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for 
ever? 
 This solemn moment of triumph, one of the greatest moments in the 
history of the world . . . read more 
 This solemn moment of triumph, one of the greatest moments in the 
history of the world . . . this great hour which rings in a new 
era . . . and which is going to lift up humanity to a higher 
plane of existence for all the ages of the future.