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History is a jangle of accidents, blunders, surprises and absurdit

History is a jangle of accidents, blunders, surprises and absurdities, and so is our knowledge of it, but if we are to report it at all we must impose some order upon it. – Henry Steele Commanger, The Nature and the Study of History

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A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. – Marcus Garvey

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The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible. – Jacques Chirac

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