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. 

No comments:

Post a Comment

Art Added To Scholarship

George Macaulay Trevelyan, Clio, A Muse & Other Essays  (London/New York/Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., 1949 [1913]), 162-3: . . . hi...