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4283. KNOWLEDGE, Pursuit of.—

A
patient pursuit of facts, and cautious combination
and comparison of them, is the drudgery
to which man is subjected by his Maker, if
he wishes to attain sure knowledge.—
Notes on Virginia. Washington ed. viii, 314. Ford ed., iii, 170.
(1782)

See Education and Science.