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PHILOSOPHY > philosopher, statesman, essayist > Francis Bacon
Mahomet made the...
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Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him . . . 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.'
Source: Often misquoted as 'If the mountain will not come to Mohammed' Essays, 'Of Boldness'
-- Francis Bacon, (Jan 22 1561-1626), English philosopher, statesman, essayist; He was an early advocate of inductive learning from intensive observation; wrote Novum Organum, 1620.