MOSES AND AARON PERFORMING THE MIRACLE OF THE SERPENTS BEFORE PHARAOH
(After Schnorr von Carolsfeld.)
THE EGYPTIAN SNAKE NAJA HAJE MADE MOTIONLESS BY PRESSURE UPON THE NECK
(Reproduced from Verworn after Photographs.)
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Faust follows the will o’ the wisp of pseudo-science, and so finds his efforts to gain useful knowledge balked. He turns agnostic and declares that we cannot know anything worth knowing. He exclaims:
“That which we do not know is dearly needed;
And what we need we do not know.”