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Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.
Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their read more
Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their youth; the weak, the time of their strength; the sick, the season of their vigor; and the disappointed, the spring-tide of their hopes.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as read more
Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as the men that died for them.
Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.
Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.
Most history is a record of the triumphs, disasters, and follies of top people. The black hole in it is read more
Most history is a record of the triumphs, disasters, and follies of top people. The black hole in it is the way of life of mute, inglorious men and women who make no nuisance of themselves in the world.
History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.
History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.
History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.
History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.