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It is with nations as it is with individuals. A book of history is

It is with nations as it is with individuals. A book of history is a book of sermons. – Arthur Conan Doyle, Micah Clarke

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Then, Sir, you would reduce all history to no better than an almanack, a mere chronological series of remarkable events. – James Boswell, 1775

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If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated. – Carter G. Woodson

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Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Delusion about history is a serious matter; it can gravely affect the history that is waiting to be made. – John Terraine

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