Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge…

Arthur Conan Doyle
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Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones. ✨ A Study in Scarlet ch. 2 (1888)
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Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones. ✨ A Study in Scarlet ch. 2 (1888)

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