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The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in

The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard. – Barbara Tuchman

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The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion. – Barbara Tuchman

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No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision. – Barbara Tuchman

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I like American history. – Kevin Costner

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From Caesars legions to the Napoleonic wars. From the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the industrial revolution to the defeat of nazism. We have helped to write European history, and Europe has helped write ours. – David Cameron

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The historian has before him a jigsaw puzzle from which many pieces have disappeared. These gaps can be filled only by his imagination. – Gaetano Salvemini, Historian and Scientist

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Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories. – Wendell Phillips

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