FILE: wilson_quote_1878.log
SOURCE: Exposition Universelle 1878, Paris

AUTHOR: Sir Erasmus Wilson (Oxford Prof, dermatologist)
QUOTE: “When the Paris Exhibition closes, electric light will close with it and no more be heard of.”
STATUS: prophecy failed // light prevails
NOTE: emblem of scientific hubris

[1878] Esposizione di Parigi, Sir Erasmus Wilson:

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