Quote#Wisdom
We may, indeed, set it down as an absolute certainty, that many…
Quote byRobert Chambers · 1802–1871
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Testimony: its Posture in the Scientific World (1859), p. 14.
English (original)
We may, indeed, set it down as an absolute certainty, that many things are erroneously deemed impossible; for, till we know all the possible—and how far we are from that need not be insisted on—how can we know what is impossible?
— Robert Chambers
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