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Quote by Irving Howe
The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence unat

The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence unattainable. – Irving Howe

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Imagination is not something apart and hermetic, not a way of leaving reality behind it is a way of engaging reality. – Irving Howe

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Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action. – Friedrich Schiller

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