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Quote by Thomas Carlyle
History is the distillation of rumor. - Thomas Carlyle

History is the distillation of rumor. – Thomas Carlyle

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The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons. – Edwin Powell Hubble

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We are always doing, says he, something for posterity, but I would see posterity do something for us. – Joseph Addison

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History

Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment. – Sandra Day OConnor

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History

Im a person that just likes to speak the truth, and I dont understand why in America its such a big deal that we wont read the Koran and we wont look at history. – Pat Robertson

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