The improvement of the understanding is for two ends first, for our own increase of knowledge secondly, to enable us to deliver and make out that knowledge to others. (John Locke)

The improvement of the understanding is for two ends first, for our own increase of knowledge secondly, to enable us to deliver and make out that knowledge to others.

John Locke

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