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The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.
The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge.
Approximate author period: c. 1842 AD · industrial
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- Ambrose Bierce
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- Approximate author period: c. 1842 AD · industrial
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