The Power of Words

The Power of Words, a sketch by Edgar Allan Poe:
Oinos. — Pardon, Agathos, the weakness of a spirit new-fledged with immortality!
Agathos. — You have spoken nothing, my Oinos, for which pardon is to be demanded. Not even here is knowledge a thing of intuition. For wisdom ask of the angels freely, that it may be given!
Oinos. — But in this existence, I dreamed that I should be at once cognizant of all things, and thus at once happy in being cognizant of all.