Yes, a very pertinent quote. But we also suffer from social engineering masquerading as intellectualism. At least with "ignorance" there is some semblance of freedom of thought, while there is very little room for that in today's dogmatic, militant training of the herds.
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Innovation and the freedom to control your own destiny.
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For sure, but the fact that they fell sort of diminishes their historical standing, rightly or wrongly.