CCXVI. (Book 216)
WHen men propose to them∣selves the doing of some thing of great importance, they ought,
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WHen men propose to them∣selves the doing of some thing of great importance, they ought,
with all the industry they can, pre∣pare themselves for it, that when opportunity offers it self, they may be ready to put their design in ex∣ecution. When therefore all the preparatives are cautiouslly made, there should be no discovery made thereof till the opportunity of action does it; and then if there be a neg∣lect in the execution, it argues that the persons concern'd therein were not sufficiently prepar'd, or wanted courage to carry it on.