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Knowledge is power.
(Ipsa Scietia Potestas Est)
Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)

"Scientia" -- science

Nice catch. This webpage even gives a source:

Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est.
Knowledge is power. (also seen as knowledge itself is power)
~Francis Bacon (1561–1626)
Source: Meditationes Sacræ. De Hæresibus.
http://www.bartleby.com/100/139.39.html

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
~Proverbs xxiv. 5.

Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.
~Samuel Johnson: Rasselas, chap. xiii.

Fixed, thanks.

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