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Quote by John Acton
If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the pa

If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation. – John Acton

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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong. – John Acton

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You cant set a hen in one morning and have chicken salad for lunch. – George M. Humphrey

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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. – Abraham Lincoln

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The historian has been the hearth at which the soul of the country has been kept alive. – John Morley, Notes on Politics and History

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Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering. – Theodore Roosevelt

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