Quote#Truth
A good deal of our misconception with regard to the difficulty of the…
Quote byGottlieb Wilhelm Leitner · 1840–1899
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Writings of Dr. Leitner, Chapter: On the Science of Language and Ethnography, p. 173.
English (original)
A good deal of our misconception with regard to the difficulty of the inquiry lies in ourselves that ideas of multitude connected with the peculiar customs of the race that have yet to be ascertained, are at the bottom of the inability of that race to follow our numeration.
— Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner
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