Knowledge is power; this is true; weather the power which knowledge gives
be used for good or for evil. By his medical knowledge the doctor can cure
disease and save his patient’s life.
But the blackmailer, by his knowledge of one’s guilty secret, can bleed
his victim while under the threat of disclosure. In general, the man who knows
has an advantage over the man who does not know.
In this way the educated classes have always been able to rule over the
ignorant. Physically, a man is a comparatively weak animal. He cannot naturally
run like a horse, nor fly-like the birds. He is no match in strength for the
elephant, the lion or the bear. He has no natural weapons defense like the
tiger’s fangs and claws.
Yet he conquers all these strong and fierce beasts and forces some of
them to be his servants. It is his superior knowledge and intelligence that
makes him the master of creatures’ superior to him in physical strength.
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