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History is the open Bible: we historians are not priests to expoun

History is the open Bible: we historians are not priests to expound it infallibly: our function is to teach people to read it and to reflect upon it for themselves. – George Macaulay Trevelyan

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In its history, Europe has committed so many massacres and horrors that it should bow its own head in shame. – Desmond Tutu

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