Seven Pillars of Wisdom

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Lawrence of Arabia

autobiographical account of

T. E. Lawrence

expanded edition of

Revolt in the Desert

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Proverbs 9:1

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I was thus led to take the liberty of judging of all other men by myself, and of concluding that there was no science in existence that was of such a nature as I had previously been given to believe.

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All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible. This I did. T. E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1922).

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Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Wikipedia) Seven Pillars of Wisdom is the autobiographical account of the experiences of British Army Colonel T. E. Lawrence (“Lawrence of Arabia”) while serving as a military advisor to Bedouin forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire of 1916 to 1918.