... the mind must be prepared for knowledge as one prepares a field fo…

Louis L'Amour
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... the mind must be prepared for knowledge as one prepares a field for planting, and a discovery made too soon is no better than a discovery not made at all. ✨ Louis L'Amour (2005). The Walking Drum, p.202, Bantam
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... the mind must be prepared for knowledge as one prepares a field for planting, and a discovery made too soon is no better than a discovery not made at all. ✨ Louis L'Amour (2005). The Walking Drum, p.202, Bantam

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