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“The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom…” — Thomas Huxley

The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom box. But it is quite another thing to open the box.
Thomas Huxley
Thomas Huxley Scientist • English
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