"Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out."
"Much is due to those who first broke the way to knowledge, and left only to their successors the task of smoothing it."
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Source: Samuel Johnson (2010). “Journey to the Hebrides: A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland & The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides”, p.14, Canongate Books
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