Ancient Light

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“With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.”
—Bible: Hebrew Job, 12:12.

“Long enough I had heard of irrelevant things; now at length I was glad to make acquaintance with the light that dwells in rotten wood. Where is all your knowledge gone to? It evaporates completely, for it has no depth.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)