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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.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
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.
History is a vast early warning system.
History is a vast early warning system.
History is written by the victors.
History is written by the victors.
The long historian of my country's woes.
The long historian of my country's woes.
Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits read more
Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own past.
It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in read more
It is not the literal past, the "facts" of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.
