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Samuel Johnson
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No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly assistance. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1836). Johnsoniana; or supplement to Boswell; being Anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, etc, p.384
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No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly assistance. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1836). Johnsoniana; or supplement to Boswell; being Anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, etc, p.384

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