Mahomet Made The People Believe That He Would Call A Hill To Him, And From The Top Of It Offer Up His Prayers For The Observers Of His Law.

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Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him,
and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of his
law. The people assembled. Mahomet called the hill to come to him,
again and again; and when the hill stood still he was never a whit
abashed, but said, "If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet
will go to the hill."
-- Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
-- Of Boldness

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