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> [The foundation for a new era was laid but yesterday. The human was given its first chance to become truly civilised when it took courage to question all things and made 'knowledge and understanding' the foundation upon which to create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hendrik-willem-van-loon/the-foundation-for-a-new-era-was-laid-but-yesterday-the-human-was/)

[Hendrik Willem van Loon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hendrik-willem-van-loon/)

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## More by Hendrik Willem van Loon

> [Life means progress, and progress means suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hendrik-willem-van-loon/life-means-progress-and-progress-means-suffering/)

[Hendrik Willem van Loon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hendrik-willem-van-loon/)

> [An ignorant person is, by the very fact of his or her ignorance, a very dangerous person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hendrik-willem-van-loon/an-ignorant-person-is-by-the-very-fact-of-his-or-her-ignorance-a-very/)

[Hendrik Willem van Loon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hendrik-willem-van-loon/)

> [Nature is rarely allowed to enter the sacred portals of civilized society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hendrik-willem-van-loon/nature-is-rarely-allowed-to-enter-the-sacred-portals-of-civilized/)

[Hendrik Willem van Loon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hendrik-willem-van-loon/)

> [“History is the mighty tower of experience, which time has built amidst the endless fields of bygone ages. - Forward”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hendrik-willem-van-loon/history-is-the-mighty-tower-of-experience-which-time-has-built-amidst/)

[Hendrik Willem van Loon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hendrik-willem-van-loon/)

> [“On the other hand, when you grow up you will discover that some of the people in this world never passed beyond the stage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hendrik-willem-van-loon/on-the-other-hand-when-you-grow-up-you-will-discover-that-some-of-the/)

[Hendrik Willem van Loon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hendrik-willem-van-loon/)

> [In such a case the writer is apt to have recourse to epigrams. Somewhere in this world there is an epigram for every dilemma.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hendrik-willem-van-loon/in-such-a-case-the-writer-is-apt-to-have-recourse-to-epigrams/)

[Hendrik Willem van Loon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hendrik-willem-van-loon/)

> [In history as in life it is success that counts. Start a political upheaval and let yourself be caught, and you will hang as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hendrik-willem-van-loon/in-history-as-in-life-it-is-success-that-counts-start-a-political/)

[Hendrik Willem van Loon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hendrik-willem-van-loon/)

> [The world is in dreadful need of men who will assume the new leadership - who will have the courage of their own visions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hendrik-willem-van-loon/the-world-is-in-dreadful-need-of-men-who-will-assume-the-new/)

[Hendrik Willem van Loon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hendrik-willem-van-loon/)

> [High in the North in a land called Svithjod there is a mountain. It is a hundred miles long and a hundred miles high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hendrik-willem-van-loon/high-in-the-north-in-a-land-called-svithjod-there-is-a-mountain-it-is/)

[Hendrik Willem van Loon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hendrik-willem-van-loon/)

> [A few drops of science will often disinfect an entire barrel full of ignorance and prejudice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hendrik-willem-van-loon/a-few-drops-of-science-will-often-disinfect-an-entire-barrel-full-of/)

[Hendrik Willem van Loon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hendrik-willem-van-loon/)

> [The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hendrik-willem-van-loon/the-arts-are-an-even-better-barometer-of-what-is-happening-in-our/)

[Hendrik Willem Van Loon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hendrik-willem-van-loon/)

> [Somewhere in the world there is an epigram for every dilemma.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hendrik-willem-van-loon/somewhere-in-the-world-there-is-an-epigram-for-every-dilemma/)

[Hendrik Willem Van Loon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hendrik-willem-van-loon/)

> [“The history of man is the record of a hungry creature in search of food. Wherever food was plentiful, thither man has travelled to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hendrik-willem-van-loon/the-history-of-man-is-the-record-of-a-hungry-creature-in-search-of/)

[Hendrik Willem van Loon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hendrik-willem-van-loon/)

> [It is little enough we know and the rest is darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hendrik-willem-van-loon/it-is-little-enough-we-know-and-the-rest-is-darkness/)

[Hendrik Willem van Loon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hendrik-willem-van-loon/)

> [Great art... is the result of the labours of thousands of faithful craftsmen who know that they are doomed to remain for ever outside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hendrik-willem-van-loon/great-art-is-the-result-of-the-labours-of-thousands-of-faithful/)

[Hendrik Willem van Loon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hendrik-willem-van-loon/)

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