Knowledge always desires increase it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some external agent, But which will afterwards propagate itself. (Samuel Johnson)

Knowledge always desires increase it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some external agent, But which will afterwards propagate itself.

Samuel Johnson

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