Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) American politician, 30th president of the United States (in office from 1923 to 1929)
“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers”
Widely misattributed and misquoted. Coolidge was quoting Tennyson in a June 3, 1925 speech to the US Naval Academy. Foundations of the Republic pp 237 : THE NAVY AS AN INSTRUMENT OF PEACE The poet reminds us that "Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers." It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast ...
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