There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not de — Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
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There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not destroyed, by understanding its limitations. Ignorance does not make a fool as surely as self-deception.

— Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Bestselling Guide to Reading Books and Accessing Information
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