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An acre of performance is worth the whole world of promise.

James Howell

An acre of performance is worth the whole world of promise.

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About James Howell

James Howell (c. 1594 – c. 1666) was a Welsh writer and historian. The son of a Welsh clergyman, he was for much of his life in the shadow of his elder brother Thomas Howell, who became Lord Bishop of Bristol.