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Quotes from The Course of Empire — Bernard DeVoto

1897–1955 United States

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The dawn of knowledge is usually the false dawn.

The Course of Empire (1952)

History abhors determinism but cannot tolerate chance.

The Course of Empire (1952)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Bernard DeVoto (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.