QuoteQuest“One shall be born from small beginnings which will rapidly become vast. This will respect no created thing, rather will it, by its power, transform almost every thing from its own nature into another.”
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One shall be born from small beginnings which will rapidly become vast. This will respect no created thing, rather will it, by its power, transform almost every thing from its own nature into another. Citation: "Of fire" Listed on https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci (CC BY-SA)Read evidence
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Vinci, Leonardo da. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Leonardo da Vinci. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci
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