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There is a knowledge which is desirable, though nothing come of it, as being of itself a treasure, and a sufficient remuneration of years of labor.
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Such is the constitution of the human mind, that any kind of knowledge, if it be really such, is its own reward.
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A science is not mere knowledge, it is knowledge which has undergone a process of intellectual digestion. It is the grasp of many things brought together in one, and hence is its power; for, properly speaking, it is Science that is power, not Knowledge.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
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Born:
February 21, 1801
Died:
August 11, 1890
(aged 89)
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