I hold that man is in the right who is most closely in league with the future.

Henrik Ibsen

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Topic

Progress Moral theory

Author

Henrik Ibsen

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1882 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Norway Europe

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Citation

Ibsen, Henrik. Letter to Georg Brandes. 3 Jan. 1882.

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Loyalty to petrified opinions never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.

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Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Twain, Mark. "Consistency." Hartford Monday Evening Club. 5 Dec. 1884, Hartford, CT, USA.

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If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.

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Topic
Scientific progress Progress

Author

Isaac Newton
Source
Letters of Isaac Newton
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1676 1670s 17th century
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Original Citation

Newton, Isaac. Letter to Robert Hooke. 5 Feb. 1676.

Current Citation

Newton, Isaac. Letter to Hooke, 5 February 1675/6." The Correspondence of Isaac Newton. Vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, 2008.