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title: "2 Hem Quotes By Agnes Mary Clerke"
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> [What has been done is little-scarcely a beginning; yet it is much in comparison with the total blank of a century past. And our knowledge will, we are easily persuaded, appear in turn the merest ignorance to those who come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-mary-clerke/what-has-been-done-is-little-scarcely-a-beginning-yet-it-is-much-in/)

Agnes Mary Clerke

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> [Knowledge will appear in turn the merest ignorance to those who come after us. Yet it is not to be despised, since by it we reach up groping fingers to touch the hem of the garment of the Most High.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-mary-clerke/knowledge-will-appear-in-turn-the-merest-ignorance-to-those-who-come/)

Agnes Mary Clerke

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## More by Agnes Mary Clerke

> [What has been done is little-scarcely a beginning; yet it is much in comparison with the total blank of a century past. And our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-mary-clerke/what-has-been-done-is-little-scarcely-a-beginning-yet-it-is-much-in/)

Agnes Mary Clerke

> [“What has been done is little—scarcely a beginning; yet it is much in comparison with the total blank of a century past. And our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-mary-clerke/what-has-been-done-is-little-scarcely-a-beginning-yet-it-is-much-in-2/)

Agnes Mary Clerke

> [Knowledge will appear in turn the merest ignorance to those who come after us. Yet it is not to be despised, since by it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-mary-clerke/knowledge-will-appear-in-turn-the-merest-ignorance-to-those-who-come/)

Agnes Mary Clerke

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