literary reference


when dr bonnell is giving jimmy grimaldi a tranquilizer, he says "open your mouth and close your eyes, and - in the words of the poet, i'll give you something to make you wise." is this a reference to some actual poem about 'making you wise', or is he just joking that what he is saying to jimmy rhymes?

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It's a reference to experience being the greatest teacher.

Look up Harvard Lectures on Pragmatism from 1903.

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