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It is the glorious prerogative of the empire of knowledge, that what it gains it never loses. On the contrary, it increases by the multiple of its own power; all its ends become means; all its attainments helps to new conquests.
It is the glorious prerogative of the empire of knowledge, that what it gains it never loses. On the contrary, it increases by the multiple of its own power; all its ends become means; all its attainments helps to new conquests.
Approximate author period: c. 1817 AD · industrial
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- Daniel Webster
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- Approximate author period: c. 1817 AD · industrial
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
Page 145 · printed citation: Daniel Webster · subject: Knowledge
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