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A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion. – Alexander the Great

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The monopoly of science in the realm of knowledge explains why evolutionary biologists do not find it meaningful to address the question whether the Darwinian theory is true. – Phillip E. Johnson

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That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation. – Charles Babbage

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Oftentimes the supposed increasers of knowledge have only given a new name, and a worse, to what every body knew before. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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