"Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last."
— Curiosity

January 1, 1970

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Samuel Johnson, in John Bigland Letters on the Study and Use of Ancient and Modern History, W. W. Woodward, No. 52, corner of Second and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, 1806, p. 18.