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The history of the world is the record of a man in quest of his da

The history of the world is the record of a man in quest of his daily bread and butter. – Hendrik Wilhelm van Loon, The Story of Mankind

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A mind devoid of prepossessions is likely to be devoid of all mental furniture. And the historian who thinks that he can clean his mind as he would a slate with a wet sponge, is ignorant of the simplest facts of mental life. – Allen Johnson, The Historian and Historical Evidence

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To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasnt everything. – Albert Camus

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Human history in essence is the history of ideas. – H. G. Wells

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Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness. – Lech Walesa

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