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Quotation from The Golden Bough (abridged edition) by James George Frazer

“The advance of knowledge is an infinite progression towards a goal that for ever recedes.”

James George Frazer (spoken by Frazer)

The Golden Bough (abridged edition), Chapter LXIX, "Farewell to Nemi" (Project Gutenberg text)

Portrait of James George Frazer

Before quoting Dante's Ulysses, Frazer reflects that no theory of the world is final.

Citation: "The advance of knowledge is an infinite progression towards a goal that for ever recedes." — James George Frazer, The Golden Bough (abridged edition), Chapter LXIX, "Farewell to Nemi" (Project Gutenberg text). (id frazer-the-golden-bough-q7)

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