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If you want to have faith, then don't seek knowledge; if you want knowledge, then don't seek faith.

-Ado Reinvald, from the poem Udusel ruudel (translated from the Estonian by his great great granddaughter, my mother).

While I don't necessarily "agree" with what is stated in this quote, I appreciate its nuance and the questions it raises about knowledge, belief, and the un-seeable, especially in relation to our encyclopedia here and the work we do within it (and the work it does on us).