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A fact must be assimilated with, or discriminated fromm, some othe

A fact must be assimilated with, or discriminated fromm, some other fact or facts, in order to be raised to the dignity of a truth, and made to convey the least knowledge to the mind. – Henry Mayhew

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The deductive method is the mode of using knowledge, and the inductive method the mode of acquiring it. – Henry Mayhew

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Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh. – Lord Chesterfield

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His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world. – William Shenstone

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