Quote#Death
They would be our worst enemy who would wish us to live only on the…
Quote byJagadish Chandra Bose · 1858–1937
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Science and National Consciousness in Bengal: 1870-1930, In page=106.
English (original)
They would be our worst enemy who would wish us to live only on the glories of the past and die off from the face of the earth in sheer passivity. By continuous achievement alone we can justify our great ancestry. We do not honour our ancestors by the false claim that they are omniscient and had nothing more to learn.
— Jagadish Chandra Bose
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