Daniel J. Boorstin Quote

The American experience stirred mankind from discovery to exploration. From the cautious quest for what they knew (or thought they knew) was out there, into an enthusiastic reaching to the unknown. These are two substantially different kinds of human enterprise.


The Exploring Spirit: America and the World, Then and Now (ed. 1977)


The American experience stirred mankind from discovery to exploration. From the cautious quest for what they knew (or thought they knew) was out...

The American experience stirred mankind from discovery to exploration. From the cautious quest for what they knew (or thought they knew) was out...

The American experience stirred mankind from discovery to exploration. From the cautious quest for what they knew (or thought they knew) was out...

The American experience stirred mankind from discovery to exploration. From the cautious quest for what they knew (or thought they knew) was out...