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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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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Confucius

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Permanent superiority has never been realized by any nation in history. After the rise comes the fall. – Paul Harris

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