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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

Samuel Johnson
Inspirational, Teaching, Learning
Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 18 Apr. 1775)
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.