Learning Commons

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    Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
    Bible: New Testament Festus, the Roman Procurator, in Acts 26:24.

    [I]n Great-Britain it is said that their constitution relies on the house of commons for honesty, and the lords for wisdom; which would be a rational reliance if honesty were to be bought with money, and if wisdom were hereditary.
    Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)