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Quote by Winston Churchill
History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the p

History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days. – Winston Churchill

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