Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know whe…

Samuel Johnson
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. ✨ Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 18 Apr. 1775)
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