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Quote by Francis Bacon
It is the true office of history to represent the events themselve

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every mans judgment. – Francis Bacon

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For my name and memory I leave to mens charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages. – Francis Bacon

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