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Quote by Walter Bagehot
The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and instit

The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards. – Walter Bagehot

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The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights — the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn. And a king of great sense and sagacity would want no others. – Walter Bagehot

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Walter Bagehot
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History is the story of events, with praise or blame. – Cotton Mather

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Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice. – Leigh Hunt

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History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions. – Ken Burns

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