James Stephens - Knowledge, may it be said, is higher than magic an

Knowledge, may it be said, is higher than magic and is more to be sought. It is quite possible to see what is happening and yet not know what is forward, for while seeing is believing, it does not follow that either seeing or believing is knowing.

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Stephens, James. Irish Fairy Tales. London: Macmillan and Co., 1920.

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