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Knowledge advances by steps, and not by leaps.
Knowledge advances by steps, and not by leaps.
Approximate historical placement: c. 1829 AD · industrial
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- Thomas B. Macaulay
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- Approximate historical placement: c. 1829 AD · industrial
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Macaulay. · page_220
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