Quote#Politics & Power
We who have been born into a settled state of things can hardly…
Quote byJohn Tyndall · 1820–1893
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: New Fragments (1892).
English (original)
We who have been born into a settled state of things can hardly realise the commotion out of which this tranquillity has emerged.
— John Tyndall
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