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i know only that i know nothing...this, only, is the essence behind all human knowledge...to get a tree, first sow the seed....to have a dream come true, first see the dream...self-sacrifice stands behind the truth...this short but compressed poem keeps a high wisdom of its own...one thinks where to stop the discussion...? ? ? to quote from Bacon....It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea; apleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always pure and serene) , and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of Truth...
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What to comment upon this poem: i know only that i know nothing...this, only, is the essence behind all human knowledge...to get a tree, first sow the seed....to have a dream come true, first see the dream...self-sacrifice stands behind the truth...this short but compressed poem keeps a high wisdom of its own...one thinks where to stop the discussion...? ? ? to quote from Bacon....It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea; apleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always pure and serene) , and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of Truth...