"What dependence can I have on the alleged events of ancient history, when I find such difficulty in ascertaining the truth regarding a matter that has taken place only a few minutes ago, and almost in my own presence!"
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Robert Chambers, Testimony: its Posture in the Scientific World (1859) p. 12
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Walter Raleigh
1554 – 1618
englischer Seefahrer, Entdecker und Schriftsteller
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