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History balances the frustration of

History balances the frustration of “how far we have to go” with the satisfaction of “how far we have come.” It teaches us tolerance for the human shortcomings and imperfections which are not uniquely of our generation, but of all time. – Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

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Man seems to insist on ignoring the lessons available from history. – Norman Borlaug

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If one could make alive again for other people some cobwebbed skein of old dead intrigues and breathe breath and character into dead names and stiff portraits. That is history to me! – George Macaulay Trevelyan

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The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history. – Carl T. Rowan

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Our history is not our destiny. – Alan Cohen

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