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Quotes from The Testimony of the Spade — Geoffrey Bibby

1917–2001 England

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Every archaeologist knows in his heart why he digs. He digs, in pity and humility, that the dead may live again, that what is past may not be forever lost, that something may be salvaged from the wreck of ages.

The Testimony of the Spade (1956)

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