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And I realized a wondrous truth: that knowledge could be our treasure, that there were things humankind knew that we did not, that our conquest need not comprise taking and killing, but could consist of our mutual conquest of ignorance and distrust.
And I realized a wondrous truth: that knowledge could be our treasure, that there were things humankind knew that we did not, that our conquest need not comprise taking and killing, but could consist of our mutual conquest of ignorance and distrust.
Approximate author period: c. 1996 AD · modern
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- Rachel Hartman
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- Approximate author period: c. 1996 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Rachel Hartman: documented activity in 1996. Wikidata Q25418647, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25418647 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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