What men need is, as much knowledge as they can assimilate and organiz…

Thomas Huxley
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What men need is, as much knowledge as they can assimilate and organize into a basis for action; give them more and it may become injurious. One knows people who are as heavy and stupid from undigested learning . ✨ A Library of Universal Literature in Four Parts, Comprising Science, Biography, Fiction and the Great Orations.
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