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Quotation from Ulysses by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
“To follow knowledge, like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.”
Ulysses, Lines 31-32 (Poems (1842), ed. Collins 1900)
The first movement closes with the desire for knowledge that drives the final voyage, an echo of Dante's Ulysses.
Citation: "To follow knowledge, like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought." — Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Ulysses, Lines 31-32 (Poems (1842), ed. Collins 1900). (id tennyson-ulysses-q4)
Portrait: Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, George Frederic Watts, Public domain.
