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Friday, June 14, 2024
Ignorance
Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Adams (May 14, 1820):
When I meet with a proposition
beyond finite comprehension, I abandon it as I do a weight which human
strength cannot lift: and I think ignorance, in these cases, is truly the
softest pillow on which I can lay my head.