Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Free exchange of ideas

Author

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Language

English

Time

1830 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Historian Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "Southey's Colloquies on Society." Edinburgh Review, Jan. 1830.

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Although we are mere sojourners on the surface of the planet, chained to a mere point in space, enduring but for a moment of time, the human mind is not only enabled to number worlds beyond the unassisted ken of mortal eye, but to trace the events of indefinite ages before the creation of our race, and is not even withheld from penetrating into the dark secrets of the ocean, or the interior of the solid globe.

Charles Lyell

Principles of Geology

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Scientific progress

Author

Charles Lyell
Source
Principles of Geology
Genre
Scientific literature
Language
English
Time
1830 1830s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Lyell, Charles, Sir. Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in Operation. Vol. 1, London: John Murray, 1830.