Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting; otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture. (Albert Jay Nock)

Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting; otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture.

Albert Jay Nock

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