Agricola, Georgius
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De re metallica
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1912/1950
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BOOK I.
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tries are fortuitous and that the occupation is one
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of sordid toil, and altogether a kind of business
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requiring not so much skill as labour. </
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myself, when I reflect carefully upon its special
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points one by one, it appears to be far otherwise.
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work, that he may know first of all what mountain
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or hill, what valley or plain, can be prospected most
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profitably, or what he should leave alone; moreover, he must understand the
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veins, stringers
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, gems,
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