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But constant experience shows us that every man invested with powe

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go. – Charles de Secondat

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The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal experiences when he is a genius. – E. M. Forster

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