Quote#Wisdom
We are like figures which some great demonstrator draws upon the…
Quote byJohn Burroughs · 1837–1921
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Light of Day (1900), Preface.
English (original)
We are like figures which some great demonstrator draws upon the blackboard of Time. A problem is to be solved, without doubt; what the problem is, we, the figures, cannot know and do not need to know; all we know is that sooner or later we shall be sponged off the board and other figures take our places, and the demonstration go on.
— John Burroughs
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