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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XXII, 30 May 1896, Page 634

We learn something every day of our lives, which serves to illustrate the truth of what others have told us. No amount of wise counseling, no study of the world’s best books can teach us as much as a few weeks of hard experience. Knowledge may be gathered from others, but not wisdom. The best education can not confer it It is the slow, sure work of time —the fruit of experience. Nothing is of value to us, unless we learn from it. We are backward in learning, even from our experiences and sometimes the same lesson has to be taught us time after time. The formation of our character largely depends on the use we make of our experience.