Ignorance lies at the bottom of all human knowledge, and the deeper we…

Charles Caleb Colton
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Ignorance lies at the bottom of all human knowledge, and the deeper we penetrate, the nearer we arrive unto it. ✨ Charles Caleb COLTON (1849). L.P., p.480
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