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The wisdom of mankind creeps slowly on
Quote byRichard Henry Horne · 1802–1884
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Orion (1843), Book iii, Canto ii..
English (original)
The wisdom of mankind creeps slowly on, Subject to every doubt that can retard Or fling it back upon an earlier time.
— Richard Henry Horne
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