"It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories.“


-Georg C. Lichtenberg

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It is almost everywhere the case that soon after it is begotten the greater part of human wisdom is laid to rest in repositories.

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