Charles Eliot Norton Quote

"The night of time far surpasseth the day," said Sir Thomas Browne, and it is the task of archaeology to light up some parts of this long night with its torch, which burns ever with a clearer flame with each advancing step into the darkness.


In: Sara Norton and Mark Antony de Wolfe Howe, Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (Volume 2), Chapter X (p. 97)


The night of time far surpasseth the day, said Sir Thomas Browne, and it is the task of archaeology to light up some parts of this long night with...

The night of time far surpasseth the day, said Sir Thomas Browne, and it is the task of archaeology to light up some parts of this long night with...

The night of time far surpasseth the day, said Sir Thomas Browne, and it is the task of archaeology to light up some parts of this long night with...

The night of time far surpasseth the day, said Sir Thomas Browne, and it is the task of archaeology to light up some parts of this long night with...