"The first duty of a man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth."
— Cicero

January 1, 1970

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As quoted in A Crowd of One: The Future of Individual Identity (2007) by John Clippinger, p. 130 — Compare: "The distinguishing property of man is to search for and to follow after truth." – De Officiis, Book I, 13