Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life-blood of real civilization.

G.M. Trevelyan

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Topic

Curiosity Progress

Author

G.M. Trevelyan

Source

English Social History

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Historian Academic Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Trevelyan, George Macaulay. English Social History: A Survey of Six Centuries Chaucer to Queen Victoria. Longmans, Green and Company, 1942, introduction.

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Scientific progress Progress

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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 1
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Newton, Isaac. Letter to Robert Hooke. 5 Feb. 1676.

Current Citation

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Source
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Medium
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Time
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