Quote#World
In the days of their triumph the Netherlands became the University of…
Quote byNeville Figgis · 1866–1919
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Lecture VII. The Netherlands Revolt, p. 195.
English (original)
In the days of their triumph the Netherlands became the University of Europe; if we remove from the first half of the seventeenth century the thinkers, publicists, theologians, men of science, artists and gardeners who were Dutch, and take away their influence upon other nations, the record would be barren instead of fertile, despite the great name of Bacon.
— Neville Figgis
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