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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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History is the distillation of rumor. – Thomas Carlyle

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Those who dont know history are destined to repeat it. – Edmund Burke

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Theres a difference between knowing whats on the page in a history book and actually feeling that page have curves and valleys. – Garth Brooks

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One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say. – Will Durant

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It wasnt by accident that the Gettysburg address was so short. The laws of prose writing are as immutable as those of flight, of mathematics, of physics. – Ernest Hemingway

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