“The history of the human race is a continual struggle from darkness towards light. It is, therefore, to no purpose to discuss the use of knowledge; man wants to know, and when he ceases to do so, he is no longer man.”
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Nansen, Fridtjof (August 1891). "A New Route to the North Pole". The Forum 11: 693–709.
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