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The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury. - John

The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury. – John Bright

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The Government and the Parliament, even the House of Lords, will consent to a large increase of electors and men who have not considered the subject fully will imagine they have gained much by the concession. – John Bright

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All along we find that social life – religion, politics, art – reflects the stages reached in the development of the knowledge of self it shows the social uses made of this knowledge. – James M. Baldwin

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I have discovered in 20 years of moving around a ballpark, that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. – Bill Veeck

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Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational. – Herbert Simon

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No part of the world can be truly understood without a knowledge of its garment of vegetation, for this determines not only the nature of the animal inhabitants but also the occupations of the majority of human beings. – Ellsworth Huntington

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