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Knowledge holdeth by the hilt, and heweth out a road to conquest; Ignorance graspeth the blade, and is wounded by its own good sword. Knowledge distilleth health from the virulence of opposite poisons; Ignorance mixeth wholesomes unto the breeding of disease. Knowledge is leagued with the universe, and findeth a friend in all things; But ignorance is everywhere a stranger, unwelcome, ill at ease, and out of place.
Knowledge holdeth by the hilt, and heweth out a road to conquest; Ignorance graspeth the blade, and is wounded by its own good sword. Knowledge distilleth health from the virulence of opposite poisons; Ignorance mixeth wholesomes unto the breeding of disease. Knowledge is leagued with the universe, and findeth a friend in all things; But ignorance is everywhere a stranger, unwelcome, ill at ease, and out of place.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- M. F. Tupper (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 348 · printed citation: M. F. Tupper · subject: KNOWLEDGE
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