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IGNORANCE.

As Knowledge consists in understanding and Error in misunderstanding, so Ignorance consists in not understanding.

Upon ignorance it will be necessary to say only a few words. It lies between knowledge and error and looks upon any thing, upon prussic acid for instance or upon gunpowder, without ascribing any good or bad effect to either of them, and upon an English word as if it were Arabic.

Knowledge, Ignorance, and Error, are what the mathematicians call positive, nothing, negative; or what the merchants call good or rich; good for nothing, possessing nothing; bad or in debt.

WISDOM AND FOLLY.

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