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Quote by Leo Tolstoy
English (Source)
As for knowledge, it is not their quantity that counts, nor even their accuracy (for there are no absolutely exact sciences and never will be), but their logical connection so that they illuminate the world from all sides. The same thing happens with buildings. The building may be splendid or poor, the Winter Palace or a hut, but both are wise buildings only if they protect you from all the ravages of bad weather and enable you to live in them summer and winter. The most splendid three walls without a fourth, or four walls without a roof or without windows and a stove, are much worse than a humble hut, in which you can shelter without suffocating or freezing. The same can be said of scientific knowledge, the actual knowledge of scholars compared to the knowledge of the illiterate peasant. This truth must become the basis of education and teaching. Knowledge must be broadened uniformly.