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“They discovered art and science, and we succeed to the useful effects of their labours.”
- Source
- Thrift
- Date
- 1875
Meaning of “They discovered art and science, and we succeed…”
Creative and scientific achievements are described as an inheritance whose benefits pass beyond the original workers, inviting appreciation of accumulated human effort.
Where does it come from?
Thrift, Chapter I, “Industry,” Project Gutenberg #14418. The “they” refers to earlier generations whose tools, fabrics, art and science are presented as an inherited store of useful labour in Smiles’s historical account.
