Quote#Wisdom
Thought is communicated with the rapidity and even by the power of…
Quote byPrince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha · 1819–1861
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Inaugural Address of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, London (1851).
English (original)
thought is communicated with the rapidity and even by the power of lightning... The knowledge acquired becomes at once the property of all of the community at large
— Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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