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Feeling its power, one Civil War paper trumpeted that Milton and Homer were for another age but for this one was the New York Herald.Harold Holzer
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Rather than pound or a national mind that he believed had been closed by his critics, John Quincy Adams decided to seek a place in the is the esteem of future generations.Paul C. Nagel
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The historian, like everyone else, is forever trapped in the egocentric predicament, and 'presentism' is his original sin.Unknown
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Yanked out of the present, Adam discovered the richness of the past in people's stories.Randy Alcorn
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It’s hard for me to believe that I will die. Because I’m bubbling in a frigid freshness. My life is going to be very long because each instant is. The impression is that I’m still to be born and I can’t quite manage it.Clarice Lispector