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History will be kind to me for I intend to write it
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.
Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.
History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, read more
History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, it must be yielded up peaceably.
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.
The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.
The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.
I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed read more
I once asked my history teacher how we were expected to learn anything useful from his subject, when it seemed to me to be nothing but a monotonous and sordid succession of robber baron scumbags devoid of any admirable human qualities. I failed history.
History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.
History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.
