Every great revelation is likely to have been foreshadowed … - Oliver Lodge

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Every great revelation is likely to have been foreshadowed in more or less imperfect forms, so as to prepare our minds and make ready the way for complete perception hereafter. It is probable that the human race is quite incompetent to receive a really great idea the first time it is offered.

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Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, FRS (12 June 1851 – 22 August 1940) was a British physicist and inventor, famous as a pioneer of radio transmission.

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Alternative Names: Oliver, Sir Lodge • Sir Oliver Lodge • Oliver Joseph Lodge • Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge

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