Source: Tales of Nevèrÿon (1979), Chapter 3, “The Tale of Small Sarg” Section 3 (p. 140)
“The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.”
Dennis v. United States, 241 U.S. 494, 556 (1951).
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