The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life! And yet can we cast

The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life! And yet can we cast out of our spirits all the good or evil poured into them by so many learned generations? Ignorance cannot be learned. – Gerard De Nerval

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Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement. – Peter Drucker

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