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Historical investigation has for its aim to fix the order and char

Historical investigation has for its aim to fix the order and character of events throughout past time and in all places. The task is frankly superhuman. – George Santayana, The Life of Reason

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That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. – Aldous Huxley

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