History is unkind to those it abandons, and can be equally unkind to those who make it.

Salman Rushdie
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The word history is derived from two Greek words: “historein” and “historiam.” Historein means “to tell stories about,” and historiam means “a story.” The first-century Roman historian Tacitus said the same thing: “We do not read about those times; we live among them.” What both quote is saying is that history is more than just a collection of facts; it is a collection of stories, and those stories can be as important as the facts themselves. They can be far more powerful because they ask us to look beyond the surface. When we do, we find that there are lessons for us to learn in every story, no matter how sad it may be.

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