No. 216 - THE PENNY MAGAZINE - Aug. 15, 1835

Variety of Knowledge.--All knowledge is of itself of some value. There is nothing so minute or inconsiderable, that I would not rather know it than not. In the same manner, all power, of whatever sort, is of itself desirable. A man would not submit to learn to hem a ruffle of his wife, or his wife's maid: but if a mere wish could attain it, he would rather wish to be able to hem a ruffle.--Boswell's Life of Johnson.