The honey of knowledge
This is from the first of a trilogy of memoirs by Maxim Gorky (1868-1936), whose life began in Tsarist Russia...
Maps imagined
I love maps and regularly buy them. Here you have a map inside the map-seller's mind, drawing on his knowledge...
An ounce of knowledge and sixpence of snuff
I love the imperial disdain of this village schoolmaster for those who come to the classroom thinking knowledge is a...
Wonder-working knowledge
An inspiring description of mathematics - I actually had a maths teacher who managed to make us feel about it...
Scavenger-like faculty
No detail is too small to be filed in Steerpike's sharp, archival mind; all may prove useful for eventual manipulation,...
Lumps of knowledge
In Hoban's book, a boy has adulthood thrust upon him after being abandoned by his father. I loved this astonishing...
Lamps as luminous fruits
I would love to find this street where the lamps are like luminous fruits bursting with knowledge. You would only...
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