{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>But, as is reasonable, he alone, who possesses what is worth most,\r\nturns out truly rich, though not recognised as such. And it is not\r\njewels, or gold, or clothing, or beauty of person, that are of high\r\nvalue, but virtue; which is the Word given by the Instructor to be put\r\nin practice. This is the Word, who abjures luxury, but calls self-help\r\nas a servant, and praises frugality, the progeny of temperance.\r\n“Receive,” he says, “instruction, and not silver, and knowledge rather\r\nthan tested gold; for Wisdom is better than precious stones, nor is\r\nanything that is valuable equal in worth to her.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_669\" id=\"FNanchor_669\">[669]</a> And again:\r\n“Acquire me rather than gold, and precious stones, and silver; for my\r\nproduce is better than choice silver.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_670\" id=\"FNanchor_670\">[670]</a></p>","headings":["THE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.","THE INSTRUCTOR.","BOOK III.","CHAPTER VI. THE CHRISTIAN ALONE RICH."],"marker_anchor":"FNanchor_669","paragraph_id":"pg71937-paragraph-534"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"5d0e2f81155a83531204248e0a902278b0d3f080fbd8366ea91a901cb0e6a248","edition_title":"The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 1 (of 2)","edition_translators":["William Wilson"],"edition_year":1867,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"PRO","chapter":8,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Prov. viii. 10","verse":10,"verse_end":10}],"headings":[],"id":"pg71937-Footnote_669","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Existing 1867 English translation; translator died 1875. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"Footnote_669","source_ebook":71937,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a class=\"label pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_669\" id=\"Footnote_669\">[669]</a> Prov. viii. 10, 11.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"8e5c5bc39922dbad2626ac7651c2eb2e3d94cdcbd721f781e9792143ebb1cd03","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/71937/pg71937-images.html#Footnote_669","text_sha256":"9b072dc5d205348079e3a7fec07c87814f3b27247d3fe5ceeea5eeca908966bf","verified":false,"work_id":null}