knowledge

• His only conscious application of this knowledge is the attempt to explain to the pupil the wrong muscle-action. —  The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern
• It's a strange life, boy, a very strange life this, as you'll come to know, if you're spared to be as old as I am Ned thought that his knowledge was already pretty extended in reference to life, and even flattered himself that he had had some stranger views of it than his uncle, but he prudently did not give expression to his thoughts; and, after a short pause, Mr Shirley resumed Yes, lad, it's a very strange life; and the strangest part of it is, that the longer we live the stranger it gets. —  The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West
• Many of the competitors read as much in a day as I did in a week; but at the end of twelve months my knowledge was as fresh as on the day it was acquired, while theirs had glided away from their recollection Very often," says Sidney Smith, "the modern precept of education is, 'Be ignorant of nothing.' —  How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune
• Your knowledge will be available for talk, but not for thought. —  Girls and Women
• The trees that came within our knowledge were the manchineal and a species of purow: also some palm-trees, the tops of which we cut down, and the soft interior part or heart of them was so palatable that it made a good addition to our mess. —  A Narrative Of The Mutiny, On Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; And The Subsequent Voyage Of Part Of The Crew, In The Ship's Boat

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