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Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
Approximate author period: c. 1832 AD · industrial
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- Charles Caleb Colton
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- Approximate author period: c. 1832 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period anchor from documented death year 1832; Wikidata Q4228726, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4228726 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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