The archaeologist has work to do for the good of the race; he is making bricks for the mansions that others build after him shall build. That is his justification for devoting a lifetime to "unpractical" pursuits. He may be wrong, but you will not lightly convince him of his error.


Man and His Past, Chapter II (p. 37)

O. G. S. Crawford Quotes

The archaeologist has work to do for the good of the race; he is making bricks for the mansions that others build after him shall build. That is his...

The archaeologist has work to do for the good of the race; he is making bricks for the mansions that others build after him shall build. That is his...

The archaeologist has work to do for the good of the race; he is making bricks for the mansions that others build after him shall build. That is his...

The archaeologist has work to do for the good of the race; he is making bricks for the mansions that others build after him shall build. That is his...