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It is the vice of scholars to suppose that there is no knowledge in the world but that of books.

William Hazlitt (1836). “Literary Remains of the Late William Hazlitt: Essays: On self-love. On the conduct of life: or, Advice to a school-boy. On the fine arts. The fight. On want of money. On the feeling of immortality in youth. The main-chance. The opera. Of persons one would wish to have seen. My first acquaintance with poets. The shyness of scholars. The Vatican. On the spirit of monarchy”, p.91
It is the vice of scholars to suppose that there is no knowledge in the world but that of books.