“Every man of sound brain whom you meet knows something worth knowing better than yourself. A man, on the whole, is a better preceptor than a book. But what scholar does not allow that the dullest book can suggest to him a new and a sound idea?” KnowsMenDoeBookIdeasWholeSoundBrainKnowledgeKnowingEvery ManScholarKnowing Better Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“History is valuable, to begin with, because it is true; and this, though not the whole of its value, is the foundation and condition of all the rest. That all knowledge, as such, is in some degree good, would appear to be at least probable; and the knowledge of every historical fact possesses this element of goodness, even if it posses no other.” IfsWholeFactsValuesKnowledgeConditionsGoodnessDegreesElementsFoundationHistoricalValuablePosseHistorical Facts Book:Contemplation and Action, 1902-14 Source: Contemplation and Action, 1902-14