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As an instrument for practical action, law is responsive to the wi

As an instrument for practical action, law is responsive to the wisdom of its time, which may be wrong, but it carries forward, sometimes in opposition to this wisdom or passion, a memory of received values. – Edward Levi

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The introduction of many minds into many fields of learning along a broad spectrum keeps alive questions about the accessibility, if not the unity, of knowledge. – Edward Levi

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After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem. – Shmuel Y. Agnon

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The wisdom of Gods Word is quite clear on believers being unequally yoked. And marrying someone who is not a Christian – who is not a daily disciple of Christ – is being unequally yoked, regardless of what their beliefs might be. – Pat Robertson

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