“Vulgarized knowledge characteristically gives birth to a feeling that everything is understandable and explained. It is like a system of bridges built over chasms. One can travel boldly ahead over these bridges, ignoring the chasms. It is forbidden to look down into them; but that, alas, does not alter the fact that they exist.” GivingLooksDoeFactsFeelingsBirthBuiltBridgesForbiddenAlasChasms Author:Czeslaw Milosz
“Alas for him who never sees The stars shine through his cypress-trees Who, hopeless, lays his dead away, Nor looks to see the breaking day Across the mournful marbles play!” LooksPlayStarsTreeDespairLaysShiningHopelessAlasMarbleCypressesCypress Trees Book:The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier Source: The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier