Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he…

Samuel Johnson
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Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable. ✨ James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1859). The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, p.145
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