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Quote by Thomas Huxley
I believe that history might be, and ought to be, taught in a new

I believe that history might be, and ought to be, taught in a new fashion so as to make the meaning of it as a process of evolution intelligible to the young. – Thomas Huxley

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I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men. – Thomas Huxley

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Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth. – Thomas Huxley

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My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations. – Thomas Huxley

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The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to see it. – George W. Bush

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The South creates the civilizations, the North conquers them, ruins them, borrows from them, spreads them: this is one summary of history. – Will and Ariel Durant, Lessons of History

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It is a great pity that every human being does not, at an early stage of his life, have to write a historical work. He would then realize that the human race is in quite a jam about truth. – Rebecca West

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In the old days… it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didnt have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes, I didnt use them as vehicles for my own opinion. They were factual programmes. – David Attenborough

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Every exit is an entrance somewhere else. – Tom Stoppard

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If its a romantic holiday, the only thing I need is my wife. We love quiet and calm places where we cant be disturbed. Neither of us likes being in busy places we would much rather stay in our hotel room and enjoy each others company. – Jean Reno

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