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"The progress of man consists in this, that he himself arrives at the perception of truth."

January 1, 1970

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Themes Epistemology

Original Language: English

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George Bancroft, Address The Necessity, the Reality, and the Promise of the Progress of the Human Race to the New York Historical Society (20 November 1854), later published in Literary and Historical Miscellanies (1855)

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George Bancroft, Address The Necessity, the Reality, and the Promise of the Progress of the Human Race to the New York Historical Society (20 November 1854), later published in Literary and Historical Miscellanies (1855)