You must not enthrone ignorance just because there is much of it.


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Ignorance is not bliss -- ignorance is ignorance.
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There is just too much at stake for us not to have it.
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Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion
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Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion.
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