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Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.

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Will Durant
Age: 96 †
Born: 1885
Born: November 5
Died: 1981
Died: November 7
Historian
Philosopher
Writer
North Adams
Massachusetts
William James Will Durant
William James Durant
Knowledge
Receding
Mirage
Mirages
Expanding
Desert
Ignorance

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Which is now a more hopeful statement than Swift intended it to be.
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