The writing of histories - as Goethe once noted - is one way of ge

The writing of histories – as Goethe once noted – is one way of getting rid of the weight of the past…. The writing of history liberates us from history. – Benedetto Croce, History as the Story of Liberty

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One of the deepest impulses in man is the impulse to record, – to scratch a drawing on a tusk or keep a diary, to collect sagas and heap cairns. This instinct as to the enduring value of the past is, one might say, the very basis of civilization. – John Jay Chapman, Memories and Milestones

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[I]t was that there are no simple lessons in history, that it is human nature that repeats itself, not history. – John Toland

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What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority. – Arthur Erickson

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Lets be very honest about what this is about. Its not about bashing Democrats, its not about taxes, they have no idea what the Boston tea party was about, they dont know their history at all. This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up. – Janeane Garofalo

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