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You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to inst

You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present attempt does not yield to that high office. It will merely tell how it really was. – Leopold Von Ranke

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So foolish is the heart of man that he ever puts his hope in the future, learning nothing from his past errors and fancying that tomorrow must be better than today. – Mika Waltari

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When you try to predict future E.R.A.s with past E.R.A.s, youre making a mistake. – Nate Silver

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Americas future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught hence we must watch what we teach, and how we live. – Jane Addams

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