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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 42, 1670-1700

Note 51 — Chapter XX

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That is, “mindless, or silly, or without sense;” a neat and keen play on words. The meaning evidently is, that knowledge of law does not consist in mere remembrance of law terms, but in discerning their force and power.—Rev. T. C. Middleton, O.S.A.

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