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Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the

Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word. – Mason Cooley

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The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed. – Mason Cooley

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Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences. – Mason Cooley

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History is always changing. – Aung San Suu Kyi

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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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There is no such thing as a neutral or purely objective historian. Without an opinion a historian would be simply a ticking clock, and unreadable besides. – Philip Howard

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The challenge of history is to recover the past and introduce it to the present. – David Thelen

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