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“Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. Books are not seldom talismans and spells.”
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- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- f9eb17d6393ab075421fb7d20a1850e4f8a3958c347081d4e060165f6a0fd678
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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