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They will listen with both ears to what is said by the men just a step or two ahead of them, who stand nearest to them, and within arm's reach. A guide ceases to be of any use when he strides so far ahead as to be hidden by the curvature of the earth.
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Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
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Nature is full of by-ends. A moth feeds on a petal, in a moment the pollen caught on its breast will be wedding this blossom to another in the next county.
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Form may be of more account than substance. A lens of ice will focus a solar beam to a blaze.
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To render aid to the worthless is sheer waste. Rain does not freshen the Dead Sea, but only enables it to dissolve more salt.
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Is any knowledge worthless? Try to think of an example.
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We despair of changing the habits of men, still we would alter institutions, the habits of millions of men.
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