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We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world -- or read more
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world -- or the last.
The men who make history have not time to write it.
The men who make history have not time to write it.
Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they read more
Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they were.
Might does not make right, it only makes history.
Might does not make right, it only makes history.
We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?
We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?
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.
Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the read more
Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining.
Sir Francis Drake circumsized the world with a 100-foot clipper.
Sir Francis Drake circumsized the world with a 100-foot clipper.
The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.
The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down.
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will read more
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
