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In all science error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.
In all science error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.
Approximate author period: c. 1757 AD · early modern
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- Horace Walpole
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- Approximate author period: c. 1757 AD · early modern
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Horace Walpole. · page_184
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