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Tim was so learned, that he could name a horse in nine languages. So ignorant, that he bought a cow to ride on.
Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard’s Almanack · 1732-1758

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“Life is our dictionary.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · The American Scholar, 1837 · Primary source

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Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1837
The American Scholar

An argument for intellectual independence, urging American scholars to learn from nature, books and experience while developing their own judgement.

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Learning 18 Practical knowledge 4 Judgement 29 Common sense 2 Experience 28 Observation 17 Self-reliance 48 Intellectual independence 3 Transcendentalism 32 American culture 1