KNOWLEDGE - WROTE THESE MANY YEARS AGO FOR MY CHILDREN

5.   KNOWLEDGE  5.1  Knowledge  is   the   sum   total   of   one's   life's  experience  and   study.  
And   of   all   knowledge,   the   knowledge   gained   by   one's  personal   experience   is  
the   longest   lasting.  

5.2 Most   people   who   thirst for   knowledge   never   get   a   chance  to   obtain  it,   but   
get   lost   in   the   desert   sands   of   the   struggle for   existence.   And   most   of   those   
who   have   been   blessed   with   the   means   for   acquiring   knowledge,   scorn its   pursuit.   
And   most   of   those   who   acquire  knowledge  are   soon   gone   from   this   world   leaving  
not  a   trace to   show   for   it   like   rain   on   the   sands   of   the   desert.   
It  is   the  small   miniscule   who   record   their experiences   for  posterity,   to   whom   we   
owe   every   comfort   of   civilization.  

5.3 Never   has   the   birch   raised   a   welt   on   which   words   of  knowledge   could   
be   imprinted.