If we can advance any propositions that are both true and n… - Charles Caleb Colton

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If we can advance any propositions that are both true and new, these are indisputably our own, by right of discovery; and if we can repeat what is old more briefly and brightly than others, this also becomes our own, by right of conquest.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Charles Caleb Colton (baptized 11 December 1777 - 28 April 1832) was a British author, clergyman, and art collector.

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Alternative Names: Charles Colton • Çarez Kaleb Kolton • C. C. Colton

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