• Much of human history can, I think, be described as a gradual and sometimes painful liberation from provincialism, the emerging awareness that there is more to the world than was generally believed by our ancestors.

  Carl Sagan
  American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author 1934-1996
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1. provincialism
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3. awareness
4. generally
5. ancestors

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Much of human history can, I think, be described as a gradual and sometimes painful liberation from provincialism, the emerging awareness that there is more to the world than was generally believed by our ancestors. by : Carl Sagan

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