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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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Man simply cannot live as the time-animal and the art-animal that he is, without history. – Carlton J.H. Hayes

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Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule. – Jefferson Davis

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Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism. – Benito Mussolini

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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory. – Benjamin Disraeli

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