It is in his knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness, the high superiority which he holds over the other animals who inhabit the earth with him, and consequently no ignorance is probably without loss to him, no error without evil.
-- James Smithson
   
James Smithson   Name:
James Smithson
Type:
Scientist
Nationality:
British
Birth:
1765
Death:
June 27, 1829
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