Knowledge is not, like food, destroyed by use, but rather augmented and perfected.
John F. W. Herschel
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- Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy, Part I, Chapter III, §63; 1851 edition; Public-domain original English. Complete sentence; title page and surrounding §§62–64 read. Context advocates making knowledge accessible to everyone, allowing correction and enlargement through use. 13
- Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy, Part I, Chapter III, §63; 1851 edition
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