It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly con…

George Eliot
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It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what ignorance in an hour pulls down. ✨ George Eliot (2009). Daniel Deronda, p.194, Oxford Paperbacks
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