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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

6334 Rihard Henry Horne 1802-1884 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:6334
AUTHOR:Richard Henry Horne (1802–1884)
QUOTATION:The wisdom of mankind creeps slowly on,
Subject to every doubt that can retard
Or fling it back upon an earlier time.
ATTRIBUTION:Orion. Book iii. Canto ii. (1843).