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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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From Jefferson to Jackson to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan, every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. Well all be much saner, I think, if we remember that history is full of surprises and things that seemed absolutely certain one day are often unimaginable the next. – Jon Meacham

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You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. Thats what natural history programmes should be for. – David Attenborough

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