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There is a certain wisdom of humanity
which is common to the greatest men with the lowest, and which our ordinary education often labors to silence and obstruct.
The mind is one, and the best minds, who love truth for its own sake, think much less of property in truth.
They accept it thankfully everywhere, and do not label or stamp it with any man’s name, for it is theirs long beforehand, and from eternity.
The learned and the studious of thought have no monopoly of wisdom. Their violence of direction in some degree disqualifies them to think truly.
We owe many valuable observations to people who are not very acute or profound, and who say the thing without effort, which we want and have long been hunting in vain. “
- Ralph Waldo Emerson. (1803–1882). Essays and English Traits. 1841
It is a good bet that you know a person, someone of a certain wisdom to whom you have turned in time of critical need. You had a problem. This person helped you, provided crucial guidance, filled the knowledge gap, and, perhaps, saved you in a significant way.
My goal is to be an advocate for those seasoned veterans who have “a certain wisdom” they wish to share and to be an enabler to those who seek such people. That is why I created CertainWisdom, a comfortable place to share ideas with experienced colleagues, post problems and seek solutions, and, perhaps, learn some things from those wise giants of the past upon whose shoulders we all stand.
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