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Quote by Samuel Horsley
Wonder, connected with a principle of rational curiosity, is the s

Wonder, connected with a principle of rational curiosity, is the source of all knowledge and discover, and it is a principle even of piety but wonder which ends in wonder, and is satisfied with wonder, is the quality of an idiot. – Samuel Horsley

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