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  • Mr. Hooker became at last, but most unwillingly, to be engaged in a book-war; a war which he maintained not as against an enemy, but with the spirit of meekness and reason.

    Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Rich'd Hooker, George Herbert, &C, Volume 2 Izaak Walton 1638

  • I shall forbear to mention the very many and dangerous plots of the Romanists against the Church and State; because what is principally intended in this digression, is an account of the opinions and activity of the Non-conformists: against whose judgment and practice Mr. Hooker became at last, but most unwillingly, to be engaged in a book-war; a war which he maintained not as against an enemy, but with the spirit of meekness and reason.

    Lives of John Donne Henry Wotton Rich'd Hooker George Herbert etc Walton, Izaak 1898

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