To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.

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Since history is written by the victors, it is subjective and may have a slant that favors the winners. It is said that history is written by the victors. In this passage, Oliver Cromwell states that he is not a man to write his own history but instead uses others to do so.

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