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As a rule we develop a borrowed European idea forward, and ... Europe develops a borrowed American idea backwards.

Mark Twain
Europe, Ideas, Backwards
Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.194, Courier Corporation
As a rule we develop a borrowed European idea forward, and ... Europe develops a borrowed American idea backwards.