THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
Let us consider how great a commodity of doctrine exists in books; how easily, how secretly, how safely they expose the nakedness of human ignorance without putting it to shame. These are tho masters who instinct us without rods and ferules, without hard words and anger, without clothes or money. If you approach them they aro not asleep; if investigating you interrogate them, they conceal nothing ; if you mistake them they never grumble; if you are ignorant, they cannot laugh at you. —Richard de Bury.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14686, 7 June 1913, Page 11
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89THOUGHT FOR THE DAY. Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14686, 7 June 1913, Page 11
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