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Show Curiosity: Key To Knowledge The key to knowledge is curiosity. curios-ity. The curious child learns. The curious adult, likewise, improves his mind and expands his knowledge. know-ledge. WITHOUT curiosity--the urge to know why-there's little incentive incen-tive to investigate, study and solve the mysteries of life. The famous discoverers have often been stimulated by simple occurrences-the way a plant grows, the odd color of a flower, etc. THOUGH some dismiss the curious cu-rious as eccentrics or "nuts," the intelligent are curious about the mysteries which surround them. -To a considerable degree, then, curiosity is the basis and motivation motiva-tion of much of the world's knowledge. |