Alexander Graham Bell Quote - Don’t keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone and following one after the other like a flock of sheep. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods.
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Don’t keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone and following one after the other like a flock of sheep. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods.

"Don’t keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone and following one after the other like a flock of sheep. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods."
— Alexander Graham Bell
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Meaning of this quote

Discovery often begins when people investigate beyond familiar routines and follow their own observations.

Key takeaway: Explore an unfamiliar question or method and investigate what you notice.

Origin of the quote

Published source: Discovery and Invention, address of May 22, 1914; National Geographic Magazine, June 1914.

Who actually said this?

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Wording matched in the Library of Congress pamphlet, in the section about exploring beyond the beaten track. Deduplication: retained this fuller version; removed repeated, shortened or closely overlapping variants with post IDs 97663, 100747.

Attributed author: Alexander Graham Bell

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