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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and read more
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes
History doesn't repeat itself - at best it sometimes rhymes
The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.
The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.
Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.
Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.
The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.
The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after read more
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.
History does not always repeat itself.
History does not always repeat itself.
