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History is a living whole. If one organ be removed, it is nothing

History is a living whole. If one organ be removed, it is nothing but a lifeless mass. – Frederic Harrison, The Meaning of History

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I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral. – John Burroughs

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As soon as histories are properly told there is no more need of romances. – Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

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We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its entire history, enjoyed such a confluence of encouraging possibilities. – Thabo Mbeki

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The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary. – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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