Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling is the 5th book out of 7 in the Harry Potter series. The whole series is about a boy who figures out he is a wizard, and who goes to the magical school of Hogwarts to train magic, and eventually destroys the most evil wizard in all of the wizarding world, Voldemort. In the 5th book specifically, Harry potter is in his 5th year at Hogwarts, and he starts preparing for battles against Voldemort and his Death Eaters. He creates Dumbledore’s Army to prepare for battle, and engages in several battles.
“Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure” (p. 186)
This is a very interesting quotation, and it really makes you think. Even years after reading this quotation for the first time when I first read this book, I still can’t fully understand what it means. I think wit beyond measure refers to knowledge or intelligence, and beyond measure refers to without a limit, or a very great amount. Overall meaning that unrestrained or limitless knowledge is man’s greatest treasure. This can be argued, but I don’t think anyone can have limitless knowledge, or be able to know everything or almost everything. I do not think it is possible, and that is why it is man’s greatest treasure, and greatest want, because it is not possible. Mankind will always want most what is not possible.