Friday, January 20, 2023

New Discoveries

W. Byrd Powell, The Natural History of the Human Temperaments, (Cincinnati, 1856), Preface, p. vii.:

It is well known that all new discoveries have to contend with the vanity of some, the selfishness of others, and the incredulity and ignorance of many. 

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