Wonder, connected with a principle of rational curiosity, is the source of all knowledge and discover, and it … - Samuel Horsley

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You are not a singular self. You are a corporation. Inside you is eternity. A human being is not so simple.

Samuel Horsley

Wonder, connected with a principle of rational curiosity, is the source of all knowledge and discover, and it is a principle even of piety; but wonder which ends in wonder, and is satisfied with wonder, is the quality of an idiot.

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