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gwern
on Sept 30, 2010
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Why read books if we can’t remember what’s in them...
> "A certain amount of knowledge you can indeed with average faculties acquire so as to retain; nor need you regret the hours you spend on much that is forgotten, for the shadow of lost knowledge at least protects you from many illusions."
--William Johnson Cory
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--William Johnson Cory