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History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up. – Voltaire

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Our historic imagination is at best slightly developed. We generalise and idealise the past egregiously. We set up little toys to stand as symbols for centuries and the complicated lives of countless individuals. – John Dewey, Characters and Events

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