01-09-2014, 08:59 AM
One again not to get entangled in semantics, every word was said by Mr Macaulay and the gist is true, there are many versions floating in the net, there was a series of lectures made by him during his visit to india which is in the indian govt archives, the quote is the abridged version from that series of lectures compiled by an indian Professor.
“petitor veritatis” one who seeks the truth
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Originally posted by PaulW
"For the sake of accuracy i have the the actual speech in classical english is"
"The verbatim quote is “disputable” I knew that before I posted it,"
"“petitor veritatis” one who seeks the truth"
More like an enemy of the truth. When confronted by it, you claim that truth is wrong and you are right.
“petitor veritatis” one who seeks the truth