"The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder."
"All our science and philosophy form only an island of knowledge surrounded by an ocean of mystery. The larger the island grows, the longer the shoreline where the known meets the unknown."
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Source: Ralph Washington Sockman (1958). “Mans̓ First Love: The Great Commandment”
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