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OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary

OUR history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us. – James Nasmyth

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But my most favourite pursuit, after my daily exertions at the Foundry, was Astronomy. There were frequently clear nights when the glorious objects in the Heavens were seen in most attractive beauty and brilliancy. – James Nasmyth

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The entire history of mankind is, in any case, nothing but a prolonged fight to the death for the conquest of universal prestige and absolute power. – Albert Camus, The Rebel

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The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up. – Henry Louis Gates

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Once you get into this great stream of history, you cant get out. – Richard M. Nixon

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A year is an eternity in politics – though less than a moment in history. – Eliot Spitzer

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