It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.
To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of society entirely to our liking, knowledge which in fact we do not possess, is likely to make us do much harm.
Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.
Anyone who acquires more than the usual amount of knowledge concerning a subject is bound to leave it as his contribution to the knowledge of the world.
New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.
I would encourage you: be informed - knowledge is power.
To-day it appears as though it may well be altogether abolished in the future as it has to some extent been mitigated in the past by the unceasing, and as it now appears, unlimited ascent of man to knowledge, and through knowledge to physical power and dominion over Nature.
Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.
It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.
Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.
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