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T. S. Eliot Quotes: Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know.
         

Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know.


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Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know.
         



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