“Though it is evident, that not more than one age or people can deserve the censure of being more averse from learning than any other, yet at all times knowledge must have encountered impediments, and wit been mortified with contempt, or harassed with persecution.” PeopleAgeKnowledgeDeserveWitAll TimeContemptEvidentPersecutionCensureImpediments Book:The Rambler: In Four Volumes.. Source: The Rambler: In Four Volumes..