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title: 'Thomas Smyth on Knowing Where to Go for the Best Information'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2025-05-27
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2025-thomas-smyth-on-knowing-where-to-go-for-the-best-information
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# Thomas Smyth on Knowing Where to Go for the Best Information

“I therefore made it my study to search out the wisest and best authors on every branch of necessary knowledge.” — [Thomas Smyth](/authors/thomas-smyth), *Autobiographical Notes, Letters and Reflections* (1914), p. 115